The agates have been recently
discovered weathering out of soft and greenish
limestones/mudstones along the Nepal River. In many
ways, they resemble the Kentucky
and Puma
Agates. The typical colors are red, reddish-orange,
and orange which
are weathered colors. Some agates have been found
with brighter colors
such as yellow and purple colors. Like Kentucky
agates, the agates have
been subject to heavy weathering that so much of the
agates are fractured. Obtaining
the agates from an extremely remote location in the
eastern side of Siberia,
Russia proved to be costly and they had to be glued
together as "art crafts"
in order to ship them past the strict customs since
the Russian laws appear
to restrict the import of raw rock and gemstones
roughs for some reasons (likely to generate some
domestic jobs).
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