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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 smile

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

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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.

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Good depth in this one

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

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And a really mean guy....

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

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

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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 smile

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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.

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

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

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Side view

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Back view

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

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

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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;

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side A

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side B

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

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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.

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its what keeps me looking!

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

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

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