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Needle Peak Agates Owned by Woodward Ranch, Brewster Co., Texas |
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Needle Peak Area is owned by Woodward Ranch, known as
one of very few ranches open to the rockhounders on fee basis and the Woodward
Ranch is where world-famous Texas Red Plume Agates can be found.
The Needle Peak area is known for green moss agates and a small percentage of such agates contain yellow "Pom Pom" inclusions, giving them the nickname, "Pom Pom Agate". It is not known what was original mineral for the yellow needle-like inclusions before they have been replaced by agate. Some banded agates have been found there too and they are basically white to colorless with a possiblity of Iris Agates. Rare yellowish tan agate and amethyst encrusted aragonite crystals have been found in that area, and one large piece ended up in the collection of Smithsonian Insitution. For more information, please visit Woodward Ranch |
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| Typical Green & Yellow Moss Agate | Yellow radiating balls in green moss agate. |
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| Yellow "PomPom" balls visible
thru clear agate. |
A Classic Example of "PomPom" Agate which yellow patterns resemble the yellow PomPom flowers. (SLAB) |
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| Plenty of little yellow "PomPoms" on green moss agate. | Rare agate covered Aragonite Crystals
Found in the same place(NeedlePeak) |