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Amber? Agates??? Rookie Rock Hound Help....


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Did lots of rock hunting with the kids this weekend and they are always asking if what they have is an agate? My daughter found one true Lake Superior Agate this spring and now they are hooked...I have not done enough rock hunting to surely identify standard agates....I believe my daughter picked up a piece of amber last weekend too..please feel free to help with any id please...full-4296-21336-iop026.jpg

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I think the top pic is a moss agate....some of them look like petrified honey or sap. I did at one time think I was finding amber but I guess we don't have true amber around here. If you google baltic amber you'll see.

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