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Post by stardiamond on Jul 23, 2023 16:26:23 GMT -5
Lapidary material that I buy is intended to end up as cabs. I've been attending the Highland Park zoom rough auctions and most of them are agates particularly Alimajo Agate Rough from Malawi. When I am considering buying unfamiliar material I do a web search for what finished pieces sell for. Since search engines are in the business of making money most of the results are on ebay or Etsy. Most of them are selling faced for $10. John Rowland stated that he has a low opinion of Etsy for agates.
I changed my search criteria from shopping to search which provides non etsy/ebay results. I looked at other sites and the higher end stuff was Lake Superior, Botswana, Dryhead, Condor, Fairburn, Kentucky, Turkish, Morrocan.
Can someone recommend some websites that show really great agates?
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Post by Mel on Jul 24, 2023 16:26:03 GMT -5
stardiamond - if you're using google to search, try something like "agate rough slabbing -pinterest -etsy -ebay" and it'll cut the Pinterest, Etsy & Ebay results out. Here's a few more tips that should help you.
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Post by stardiamond on Jul 24, 2023 16:38:20 GMT -5
Mel, I have used that in the past and it is browser dependent. I use edge and Google and it doesn't work.
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