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Dwarves' Earth Treasures Museum:
Scottish Agates
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     Scotland is well known for having so many different agate producing sites throughout the basalt areas in south of Scotland, close to England. Cupar and Lithrie agates are considered most famous types of Scottish agates ("Fairburns" of Scotland) and those agates were widely used in Victorian Era jewelry. Many agates can be found on farmland after plowing, beaches, rivers and even the quarries themselves. Additonal infomration can be found in this website: Scottishagates.co.uk

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Lithrie, Fife Cupar, Fife Lithrie, Fife
Lithrie, Fife Ardownie Quarry, Dundee, Tayside Rare Pseudomorph after aragonite, Ardownie Quarry, Dundee, Tayside
Ardownie Quarry, Dundee, Tayside Glenfarg (Binn Hill), Perth Glenfarg (Binn Hill), Perth
Glenfarg (Binn Hill), Perth Glenfarg (Binn Hill), Perth
with rare chloride inclusions		 Scurdie Ness
Tentsmuir, Fife Tentsmuir, Fife St Cyrus, Montrose
Barras (Black Agate), Montrose Barras (Black Agate), Montrose  Balmerino, Fife

 Balmerino, Fife

You can see some Scottish Agates for Sale at the Online Agate & Thunderegg Shop