365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Agates From Around The World
Day 102: While my husband and I were both rockhounds, his interest was primarily in faceting and lost-wax casting while I leaned more toward the traditional cabochon-cutting and mineral collecting. We both exhibited at gem shows locally, and frequently gave demonstrations in the art of turning rough rock into finished stones. For display purposes, I created a series of 20 x 30 mm. cabochons of agates from sources around the world. Many of these stones came from locations in Washington; some were ones we collected ourselves. Others represent global sources which have now dried up, and good examples of raw materials such as Parrot-wing and Laguna are now very difficult to find.
For the curious among you, I'll post the varieties shown here.
Top row: Blue lace, Scenic, Royal blue, Crazy lace, Cathedral, Tree, Montana
Row 2: Sunset (v. 1), Calico, Graveyard Point plume (backed), Flame, Purple lace, Green moss, Carnelian
Row 3: India moss, Buckskin, Tube, Sagenite, Anderson Dam, Sea-foam chrysoprase, Fortification
Row 4: Parrot-wing, Chalcedony, Utah, Sunset (v. 2), Mount Rainier plume, Yellow moss, Citron chrysoprase
Row 5: Dendritic, Carnelian, Horse Heaven, Banded with pyrite inclusions, Laguna, Arizona flower, Powell Butte moss
Labels:
agate,
cabochon,
mineralogy,
rockhounding
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