The El Sueco Agates are collected from
the weathered deposit (few from the bedrock itself) near
El Sueco. Some El Sueco Agates were found to contain
pseudomorphs (after aragonite) and sagenite(after
zeolites) structures. The typical colors are tan, brown,
yellow and colorless and some come with red, pink, and
lavender colors, sometimes in bright color combos. The
agates appear to have produced a high rate of Iris
(Rainbow) Agates. Those agates can be confused with Coyamito
Agates that they were known to be mixed with Coyamito or
sold under "Mexican Agates" name. The wider banding spaces
and "watered-down" colors usually distinguish the El Sueco
agates from Coyamitos and El Sueco nodules tend to be more
hollow.
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Rough Appearance: Smooth to clump, "rotten potato"
shape, mostly small with weathered look.
Sometimes green-skinned if obtained from basalt itself.
Can be confused with Coyamito, Laguna, and Moctuzuma
agates.
