This is a Dulcote agate pair from Somerset, England. These agates are also called England's Glory, Mendip Magic Stones and Potato Stones. This Dulcote agate pair is the big kahuna weighing in at just under 8 lbs for the combined weight. The left side has several quartz orbs and nice banding at the bottom with two open apertures, one has drusy quartz and the smaller one has calcite crystals inside. The right side has a nice eye and two drusy pockets. They have one noticeable fracture on each half and they have a mirror polish.

GAT1 - Moroccan Agate
- Archived
Aouli, Upper Moulouya, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
3.9 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm -

This is Moroccan agate and weighs 95 grams with the stand. It is monocentric with an osculum or escape tube. It has beautiful yellow and orange color banding with a quartz crystal center and some black dots that could be bitumen. Outside of the white banding the silica is clear and is apparent on the outside skin of the agate. No fractures.

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GAT13 - Coyamito Agate
- Archived
Coyamito Ranch, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm -

This is a Coyamito agate and weighs 35 grams. This is a beautiful and unique Coyamito agate. It has fine orange, yellow-green and red banding around a closed silica center with a very cool tube protuding into the center from the left. It is a polycentric agate with the two lower centers filled with bitumen, one mostly closed and the other open It is a very nice agate with no fractures.

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GAT15 - Coyamito Agate
- Archived
Coyamito Ranch, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.7 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm -

This is a Coyamito agate and weighs 40 grams. It is a monocentric agate with a red center and an open aperture with many tubes that have been been cut crosswise that show the formations within the tubes. Hence, known as an eye agate. Quartz crystals fill the interior clear silica. There are no fractures.

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GAT16 - Coyamito Agate
- Archived
Coyamito Ranch, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.5 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm -

This is a Coyamito sagenite agate and weighs 70 grams. It has sagenite tubes fanning out from the center like a flower and two of the tubes are open at the surface of the agate. The formation at the top is very unususal in that the yellow clay has folded over on itself with a cavity filled with clear silica. This is a great example of sagenite and has a real 3-D appearance. There are no fractures.

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GAT17 - Brazilian Agate Slab
- Archived
Soledad, Rio Grande del Sol, Brazil
10.7 x 9 x .4 cm -

This is a Brazilian agate slab and weighs 175 grams. It is a gorgeous slab with black and blue banding, orbicular structures, sparkling drusy around the aperture of clear quartz and a curious protrusion we think is manganese oxide. Beautiful display piece. There are no fractures.

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GAT18 - Brazilian Agate Slab
- Archived
Soledad, Rio Grande del Sol, Mexico
13 x 7.1 x .4 cm -

This is a Brazilian slab and weighs 70 grams. It has great psuedomorph tubes and very unusual banding that looks like red and blue pen drawings. Looks great backlit. There are some natural fractures and one edge is missing and shows the layers of agate development.

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