elementary
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Post by elementary on Dec 8, 2013 19:14:22 GMT -5
Here are some Patagonian Agates I've picked up over the last year. I buy them from Anna, the woman who imports the Condor, Crater, and other agates from Argentina. Many of you many have spoken to her at Quartzite, a CFMS show, or other venue. She told me that there is only one other batch of Patagonian Agates (as opposed to the Condor, Crater, etc) that she expects to be handling. It turns out that the ranch that much of the material comes from has banned collecting there. The ranch, she says, is run by an older couple who would allow others to come onto the land, hunt agate, then bring the found material to the couple for a price. Evidently, some people were working a remote part of the ranch with permission, but brought to the couple only a fraction of their finds. When the ranchers found out about this, they closed their land. This information is 2nd (maybe 3rd hand) but I wouldn't doubt it with the way other places have been closed. Anyway, I can't afford the expensive pieces. Hope you find beauty from the rocks from the cheaper end of the seller's table. Lowell Thanks for looking.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2013 19:51:19 GMT -5
Wow, If that is the cheap stuff the expensive stuff must be over the top. That is some beautiful stone. Jim
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Dec 8, 2013 20:24:59 GMT -5
I second what Jim said....DANG.......JOhn
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Dec 8, 2013 21:00:55 GMT -5
Beautiful stuff!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 9, 2013 0:32:10 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by 1dave on Dec 9, 2013 11:24:34 GMT -5
Interesting colors and patterns, but I love the fill sequences shown!
These come from the Andes Mountains where we get our word "andesite," so it is possible they were formed in andesite vugs.
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Dec 9, 2013 14:02:03 GMT -5
Beautiful stones. I love the Patagonian agates, but I've never been able bring myself to buy them. Guess I'm just cheap when it comes to rocks.
Chuck
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Post by pghram on Dec 12, 2013 0:36:42 GMT -5
Great specimens.
Rich
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