Nice little agate I found yesterday

[EricTheCat]

I had to share this little agate I found in a field while I was looking for artifacts. The pictures do not do it justice. It would be great to find a nice artifact but finds like this one keep me from getting bored.





I hope you enjoy. Happy hunting!

 

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[Indian Steve]

That is nice and I know you are still hunting that first relic. What you really want to find is a point made out of this stone. Keep Looking. You Will Find It!

 

[EricTheCat]

Thanks Steve! Oddly enough my first artifact find is very nicely banded agate. That is what made me keep it. It is either a broken piece of something or maybe a small scraper. It wasn't until this last winter that I got the crazy idea of going through my agate collection seeing if anything was worked and realized I had something worth looking in to. There is a lot of good material around here. I can hardly wait to find out what my first point will be made of. My guess is it will be agatized coral, then I will struggle as I decide which forum it belongs in.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Gotta like that one, for sure. Should polish up nice!
Jim

 

[cpomike13]

Looks like Brazilian agate to me

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[EricTheCat]

Lake superior agates can come in all sorts of colors. Red and orange are dominant due to a significant amount of iron in the area. You also get brown, white, pink, green, yellow and sometimes blue.

I just might face polish this one but overall I am undecided. At the very least I will enjoy it in its natural form for a while.

If weather holds up I might have to go on a long overdue agate hunt Saturday.