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Yangtze River, China |
| Those colorful and strongly patterned
agates were found along the
shores of Yangtze River coming from the source somewhere up in the
Himalayas
Mountains on the side of Tibet and many agates have been broken and worn
into well rounded flat pebbles. The characteristics of the agates are
comparable
to those of Brazilian Agates, Laguna agates and Lake Superior Agates.
Some agates display the colors and patterns so well that it's not
necessary
to polish them while some agates would need some grinding and polishing
to remove the crescent-like fractures hiding the patterns. So it tend to
be hard to decide whether to grind and polish an agate or not
considering
the possible of revealing any fractures that are not noticeable in
their rough forms. Like Lake Superior Agates, they tend to look best in
water-filled jars.
Supposedly, Chinese government declared the Rain Flower Agates as national treasures and restricted any exporting of those agates outside China even there had been some sales via Ebay and other online sites |
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Outstanding agate, natural look |
