Lake Superior Agates

[dmopz]

Sweetness, I'm pretty sure the bottom one is a moss agate

[dmopz]

Took a nice close up

[Connan]

Portlis! That white one is very strange. I would never have thought it was an agate from the outside. Very curious. The bottom is a nice Moss Agate! They are not much from the outside but cut in half they are beautiful. Try looking at it under a magnifier lenses or microscope! ... Found these at work yesterday

[Rick G]

Found this the other day while fishing

[dmopz]

This is a slab I cut a while ago, kind of a weird one

Found these yesterday, the first one is gorgeous, little smaller than a golf ball. It also looks like it has copper inclusions but maybe it's not...looks neat anyway.

Good depth in this one

A whole nodule with not too much showing, at least half a pound

And a really mean guy....

Was happy when I found that...half pounder woot woot...but when I cleaned it off and flipped it over...blah....

Happens to all of us. Look luck out there fellow rockhounds!

[Portlis]

Awesome pictures guys, all of you! Keep em coming.

Connan, I'd like to take more credit for knowing that the white guy I hacked open was actually an agate, but I kinda cheated a bit because I could see a tiny bit of agate showing from the side. Still, I didn't expect it to be quite so decent looking inside. I figured it could just be a little piece showing on only the outside. But I'm glad I chopped it!

Dmopz, that quartz ball really is terribly mean lol. I still like it of course, but that's a real let down when the agate side was showing. At least it looks like you got some other really awesome finds! Thanks for letting me know I walked right past a couple nice ones, you jerk

[Portlis]

So I decided to investigate a new, ahem, "area" this weekend that I've never been to. Needless to say, it was a good trip. Found a bunch of little guys of course, but these larger ones are my favorites.

Group Shot

My favorite of the bunch. Just under 6 ounces, probably my favorite agate I've ever found.

This one is so amazing it needs multiple views. The lines go all the way around the stone. Around 4 ounces.

Side view

Back view

The biggest of the bunch, a nice 6 ouncer. Not much character showing, but it's a nice deep red and solid agate.

Another nice 4 ounce guy. Nice crystals showing on both sides. (not boring Quartz, but actual crystals heh)

[dmopz]

Nice!

[TonkaBass]

Awesome!

[DARK30]

Nice handful there man!

[dmopz]

this one I found the other day has a really odd color scheme

[Portlis]

Awesome! It looks like a piece of candy. I want to just take a big bite out of it lol.

I love those close up shots.

[Connan]

Dang Portlis that handful is beautiful. Thats a honey hole ya found there! That one looks way bigger than 4oz, You sure your scale is right?

here is a couple i found today;

side A

side B

If ya look close there are tons of Eyes just under the surface. mybe tumble this one to expose them?\

[dmopz]

Nice Connan!

Check out this neat agate

Also, check out this, agate in its host matrix

[dmopz]

Found a gorgeous one today, nice sized too

And a close up of the center, some serious detail!

[Zelmsdawg]

That is awesome! Nice find

[DARK30]

Very nice!

Heres a small one with character..

[Connan]

Wow, dmpoz that is some seriously fine detail. I would love to look at that under a microscope.

Dark that is a sweet pentagram!

Found these today.

[dmopz]

Nice Connan! Dark I love little ones-seems like a lot of em have the most character.

On another note, also love the bigguns'. Found me this chunk Friday, not quite a pound but close.

its what keeps me looking!

[dmopz]

Just found the largest sagenite agate to date..maybe my 3rd or4th overall. It's about the size of a racquetball.

I feel like I've been hogging the thread with all the pic uploads ive been putting up haha

[TonkaBass]

WOW!!! Makes me wanna got out and do some searching. I wish I had a pit to go to. Has anyone tried looking in the Rivers? All the rocks seem to be covered in algae though and tough to identify...

[DARK30]

The cooler weather is a plus. Heres a couple I just got cleaned up..

[Connan]

Dmopz That is a absolutely killer Sag! WoW! I don't usually like polished agates, but Sagenites are the exception.

Dark nice ones.

This one has so many tiny inclusions in it.

[Connan]

Found a big chunk! Not sure how much but my scale maxed at at a pound so its bigger than that.

[Portlis]

dam Connan, nice find! I've had a few nice little finds myself recently (I'll have to post some pics soon) but nothing even half the size of that beauty. Awesome.