Agate Cabochons

Day 174: Many of the types of agate shown in this image are no longer available as rough, mined out of the locations in which they were found. I was fortunate that my interest in rockhounding occurred when rock shops were common and the materials were readily available. By the time I moved here over thirty years ago, I was ready to retire from cabochon cutting, and sold my saws and grinding machinery, as well as several dozen crates of rock. I kept my mineral collection and the stones I'd cut, but they've seldom seen the light of day in the intervening years. Most of the minerals have lost their labels, but I had it for this Riker-mount display. The cabochons are all 20mm x 30mm, and include the following:

Row 1: Blue Lace, Scenic, Royal Blue, Crazy Lace, Cathedral, Tree, Montana;
Row 2: Sunset, Calico, Graveyard Point Plume, Flame, Purple Lace, Green Moss, Carnelian;
Row 3: India Moss, Buckskin, Tube, Sagenite, Anderson Dam, Seafoam Chrysoprase, Fortification;
Row 4: Parrot-wing, Chalcedony, Utah, Sunset, Mount Rainier Plume, Yellow Moss, Citron Chrysoprase;
Row 5: Dendritic, Carnelian, Horse Heaven Moss, Banded, Laguna, Arizona Flower, Powell Butte.