Lake Superior Agates

[DARK30]

Welcome mrg! Nice Lines!

Connan, whats the rest of that look like?

[mrg]

thanks, been looking somewhere for along time to share my agates with people who care.

cannon, my sister lives in river falls. next time i head there we should go venture out together?

[Connan]

Nice ones MRG! You are defiantly in good Agate territory. Yeah If you are ever in the area lmk! I dunno if you are on Facebook, but there is a "Lake Superior Agate Collectors" group as well as an "Agate Collectors Worldwide" group that is very active with people sharing their finds... Dark- unfortunately the rest of that one looks pretty much the same. Just a outer husk of red Agate. I would says its mostly all quartz inside otherwise I would cut it open.

[DARK30]

This one cleaned up real nice..

Before..

after acid dip..

After soaking in iron out...

After soaking in mineral oil...

[Rick G]

Pretty cool Looks like you have a little grape jelly on that agate in the second to last shot

[Connan]

WOW! Looks like a totally different agate! The Iron out really made a difference...

I got a nice lake superior driftwood/antler Agate shelf today to a local art fair.

[DARK30]

Nice! Cute little eye down in front too.

[Rick G]

Nice little shelf . That is a pretty cool set of eyes on that one up front.

[Connan]

Thanks. Yeah that Eye is actually water-washed Thompsonite; not an Agate, found on the shore of lake superior in the UP of michigan. The other pinkish one to the right is also Thompsonite but not waterwashed. IT was found in sorted rock in a Pit in southern ,MN. Stuff is out there but is defiantly rare.

[DARK30]

Heres a sweetheart...

[mrg]

what do you use to shine them up?

[Rick G]

Wow, that one has lots of nice tight bands

[DARK30]

what do you use to shine them up?

The first couple pics are just wet. I use mineral oil to give them a shine without actually polishing them.

[DARK30]

A nice one fom a spot I rarely visit..it was worth it this time.

[Northlander]

Found some real nice agates at the Island Lake landing that they are re doing. Not big ones but nice.

[reinhard1]

which one are they working on and can you land a boat there? thanks, good luck.

[Connan]

I love seeing the "In-Situ" shots Dark. Makes me feel a bit of that same excitement as when you first spot one.

[Northlander]

which one are they working on and can you land a boat there? thanks, good luck.

Abott Rd and yes you can launch there.

[DARK30]

Found half a nice one the other day. That machinery really is hard on those bigger ones...makes me crazy. One way to see the inside anyway.

[DARK30]

A nice little tuber..

[mrg]

also found nice tuber today. how you get such good photos of your agates? fancy camera?

[DARK30]

Its just a cannon powershot. The lighting is important.

Heres a litle moss in sunlight..

[Connan]

Wow neat moss!! Its got like electric worms in it!. And that tube looks like a sponge. Cool ones

[DARK30]

Should I go fishing or.....

[Rick G]

Nice find D30 . With the wind we will be having the next few days it might give me an oppertunity to pry myself off the water to do a little aggie hunting.