.	Dwarves' Earth Treasures Museum: Big Diggin Agates Sunshine (South of Deming), Luna Co., New Mexico	.

.    The Big Diggin agates are well known to the rockhounds for many decades, and featured in National Geographic Society magazines. The veinlike nodules tend to be found in large sizes, hence, the name, "Big Diggin Agates". All nodules are lined with characteristic calcite bands and only 2% to 5% nodules are found to contain the solid and colorful agate cores, while the rest are filled with colorless agate, calcite and quartz.  The typical colors are red, light blue, gray and white and some agates had been found with red, orange and yellow "flame", "plume" and "moss" structures. The site is now owned by Deming Rock & Gem Club and is open only to the field trips, weather permitting. I still haven't gotten a chance to visit the main Big Diggin site because of poor timing and bad luck with weather.
 

Shaped like Alaska! Found by Jeffrey A.  at old Lindurg's claim outside main Big-Diggin site.	Found by JeffreyA at old Lindurg's claim outside main Big-Diggin site.

It is rare to get almost solid Big Diggin agates since 1 to 2 % of Big Diggin Vein-like nodules would contain solid banded agates.

Rare solid banded agate from Homer's "Little Big Diggin" Mine,

Homer's "Little Big Diggin" Mine,