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Lui Da Wan, "Traditional", Beipo "Middle Beds" mines Dishuiya, Wangbatu, Beipo and Mujialiang Hebei Province, China |
| The agates from the
mines of Hebei Province were known for many decades
if not millenias and they have been widely used for
carving purposes. They were recently brought
to the market for agate collectors by a local
Chinese collector and then a few years later, the
mines are supposedly already closed and in process
of being reclaimed. So it's unfortunate that due to
the carvers' demand for the agates, the better
agates are becoming rather difficult to obtain,
thus, too expensive for any general collectors. The Fighting Blood Agates from Lui Da Wan area are generally red to orangish yellow often with plume inclusions while those from Beipo Middle Beds are more colorful with sharper bandings. Be warned that most rough Beipo nodules are entirely siderite. |
