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    Welcome to the Dwarves' Earth Treasures devoted to my primary interest:Rocks and Minerals. 

June 2008: Just made some changes and sold several more agates. I will upload any new specimens after the Wonderful World of Agates show in Wisconsin.

May, 2008: I added some new specimens to my collection as following:
-Radium Springs Thundereggs from Radium Springs, NM (traded)
-Bear Mountain Thundereggs from Silver City, New Mexico
-Dead Tree Thundereggs from Little Florida Mtn., New Mexico
-Sugar Bowl Thundereggs from L:ittle Florida Mtn., New Mexico
-Sky Blue Thundereggs from Little Florida Mtn., New Mexico
-Thundereggs of Quebec, Canada
-Thundereggs of Turkey
-Marfa Agates from Texas (
-Botswana Agates
-Coyamito Agates
-Datolites from Aztec, Evergreen and Ahmeek Mines as seen in [Miscelleaneous/Rare Locations]

April 09, 2008: I have added many new agates such as Ascension Thundereggs,  only one Torpedo Bed Agate"Over The Hill" Agates, Orange Star Prospect Site, Agate Point Thundereggs and especially New Baker Eggs Collected during March 2008 Mining Expedition. I still have more yet to be added to the gallery such as those from Neveragain, Sugar Bowl, JA's Little Wash(maybe?) and few more.

April 01, 2008: I have added many new agates to my collections and they are on display on this website. Just look for "New as of March 2008 or UPdated as of March 2008) in the Agates & Thundereggs gallery. I still have more yet to be added to my website and I have recently finished cutting all of Baker Egg Agates I obtained from March 2008 mining expedition and there are several outstanding specimens. :)

January 19, 2008: I have been adding many new agates from my collection to the gallery. You can just look for "New as of January 2008" or "Updated as of January 2008" The examples are thundereggs from Oregon, Laguna Agates, Sheep's Crossing Agates, Idaho Agates and more.

December 09, 2007: I finally updated the Baker Eggs for sale. That will be last update for Online Rock Shop until after that big agate show in July.

November 24, 2007: The website had been given a new look! There are still some bugs to fix.

October 21, 2007: Finally, with exception of Baker Eggs, Tampa Bay Agates, and JA's Little Wash Eggs, all agates for sale have been scanned and posted. The latest additions was Fairburn Agates, Blue Lace Agates, Crater Agate, and Condor Agates.

October 11, 2007: I scanned and added new agates for sale as following: TeePee Canyon, El Sueco, Rain Flower, and Neveragain thundereggs.

October 06, 2007: I scanned and added the agates for sale as following: Laguna Agate of Conjarios Claim, Janos Agate, Dryhead Agates, and Moctezuma Agates.

September 21, 2007: I scanned and added the agates for sale as following: Tavenier and Crazy Lace.

August 26, 2007: I scanned and added the agates for sale as following: July 4th, RedHots, Indonesian Agates, Union Roads, and New Republic Agates.

August 16, 2007: I have returned from my rockhounding trip to Keweenaw of Michigan and doing two rock shows. The section on datolites have been updated with additions of new datolite specimens from Centennial, Ojibway, Caledonia, Quincy & Mensarda nd more.

July 25, 2007: I am still adding new agates for sale to the "Online Rock Shop" such as Laguna Agates from Diana Claim, Scottish Agates, Coyomito Agates, Sugar Bowl Thundereggs, and Casas Grandas. I will continue to add new stuff from other locations.

July 17, 2007: I am still adding new agates for sale to the "Online Rock Shop" such as Aqua Nueva, Black River, Czech Agates, and Alianza Claim Laguna Agates. I will continue to add new stuff from other locations.

July 07, 2007: I have finally started posting the new agates for sale. I started with Malawai and Polyhedroid Agates

June 20, 2007: I updated this page just to let anyone know that I'm still have. Lot of things keepng me busy that I couldn't get new agates for sale posted up. I apologize for that and I should be able to start posting the new agates in the July (will start scanning them on the last week of June).

April 12, 2007: I have posted new specimens that are added to my collection as following: I'm still in mid of cutting and polishing stuff, and I hope to post them in June or July.
 Ansi Agates from Morocco
 Casas Grandes Agates From Mexico
 Czech Agates
 Gobi Desert Agates from Mongolia
 Rain Flower Agates from China
 Russian Agates
 Slovakian Agates & THundereggs from Slovakia Republic
 Torpedo Bed Agates from New Mexico  (Dug by JA) 
 Neuquen Agates from Argentina
-- Specimens Collected by JeffreyA. during March  2007 Mining Expedition

I also have many of new agates (except Russian ones) listed above that I will be putting up for sale. Please look for them in June/July

March 23, 2007: I got back from my mining expedition and I have obtained the agate & thunderegg roughs from the mines going by NeverAgain, Sky Blue, Torpedeo Beds, Sugar Bowl, JA's Little Wash, Tavenier and Baker Egg. I did not had a good luck with Dead Tree Site yet since I haven't been able to clear the rhyolite rubble off the thunderegg-bearing strata but I'll keep trying the next time I get there.

February 12, 2007: 
  The shows at Tuscon have ended and I had a good business there. Thank to everyone for such great businesses!  I have obtained more Neuquen ("Puma") Agates, and the agate roughs (I intend to cut & polish all) as following:
   Condor Agates
   El Sueco Agates
   Oretellato (Crater/"Red Fox") Agates
   Polyhedroid Agates
   Casa Grande Agates
   Dryhead Agates
   TeePee Agates
   Coyimotos (hopefully better than what I have for sale)
   Gobi Desert Agates (won't be available on website yet)
   Black River Agates
   Laker Superior Agates (got a collection of good 135 pieces)
   Laguna Agates from Diana Claim.

    I will have to re-organize the galleries of agates that are for sale and adding any new agates one type at a time over time. That's going to take a long time to do since I have to do a lot of cutting and polishing the new materials I obtained. 
   You can see me at Deming Rockhound Roundup show (2nd weekend of March) and a show at Marfa, Texas at April 22-23. Hope to see you guys there. 

January 20, 2007: 
  I have been quite busy preparing for the Tuscon shows and there will be a plenty of new agates for the booth. I also added new agates to my collections as listed:
 July 4th Agates from Arizona
 Crazy Lace Agates
 Scottish Agates 
 Moctezuma Agates from Mexico
 Kentucky Agates from Kentucky
 Temporal Glutch Agates from Patagonia, Arizona
 Laguna Agate, Mesquite Claim

December 17, 2006: I have been grinding and polishing new agates in preparation for Tuscon shows and I added (and took out some old ones) in my collection as listed: 
-Republic Iron Mine Agates from Michigan
-Scottish Agates
-Moctezuma Agates from Mexico
-Laguna Alianza Claim from Mexico
-El Sueco Agates from Mexico (plenty of new ones!)
-Botswana Agates

December 01, 2006: I have sold so many agates since last Tuscon shows, but I have picked up a bunch of new agates (mostly as roughs and rough cuts) of Laguna from Diana Claim (new), more Polyhedroids, El Sueco, few nodular Aqua Neuva, Union Roads, small Coyamitos, and few more. I did some digging and got some more thundereggs from JA's Little Wash and Tavenier Mine. I will be sharing a booth with Blue Star Traders and you can expect to see many agates that are not posted on my Online Rock Shop galleries such as Crater Agates, Polyhedroids, Iris Thundereggs from JA's Little Wash, and few more. 
  I expect to update all of my "Agates for Sale" galleries after Tuscon 2007 shows are over and I hope to see any of you at Rapa River Show. :) Big thanks for successful business! 

August 28, 2006: I have updated the Datolites sections with new additions and some revisions. There had been some talk about me finding two big datolites from Delaware Mine which can be seen on this page.. I'm not happy with the way the Delaware Mine was bulldozed and two of my favorite spots were buried. 

July 22, 2006: AI have finally posted all of major agate varieties for sale as well as replacing many of old pictures in the museum section with new pictures. 

July 2, 2006: As usual, I'm still in process of adding the agates for sale to the galleries. I posted the Botswana Agates, RedHots Thundereggs, Malawai Agates, and Crazy Lace Agates for sale. I also finished posting the pictures of most agates from my collection. 

June 20, 2006: I'm still in process of adding the agates for sale to the galleries (many just got sold) and the new agates from my own collection. I also added the pictures of what datolites look like in their raw/rough forms well as a "Datolite Challenge!" game. 

June 4, 2006: I finally started the process of scanning and posting the agates for sale to my "Rock Shop" section! 

March 15, 2006: I got back from Deming Rockhound Roundup show. Bad weather (40-50 mph dusy winds), but I did fine. I will come back next year. I changed "Tavenier Mine" to "JA's Little Wash" after a commucation with Paul "GeodeKid" Calhoun. Now to get back to cutting and polishing hundreds of agates I obtained from Tuscon show and various sites around Deming, NM. 

Febraruy 19, 2006: Thank you very much for a great business during Tuscon shows! I have obtained a lot of roughs (Lagunas, Coyomito, Condor, Polyhedroids and few more). What my plans are that I plan to begin posting what are for sale during the summer when I return to Michigan (my equipments have to stay in Arizona). I also have updated the calendar of shows I plan to set up booths at. 

January 3, 2006: I have finally completed Formation of Agates & Thundereggs and it's listed under "Info on Agates" . Now anyone will have a chance to get some idea of how agates and thundereggs formed. 

December 28, 2005: I'm working on "Formation of Agates & Thundereggs" right now and I'm expected to finish it soon. My scanner broke so I couldn't add anything new including any agates I plan to sell until I get new scanner. The scanner makes everything easier to do. I will be sharing a botoh with Blue Star Traders at this Tuscon show: 

January 28, to Febuary.12:  Rapa River Rock & Gem Show
-292 South Freeway Ave., Tucson, Arizona, in between the Days Inn and Pueblo Inn. 
   I'm sharing the booth with Blue Star Traders at booth #88 (near food vendors). 

October 1, 2005: I updated the Datolites Page with additions of new datolite specimens that I bought and found along with articles on datolites and Rainbow of Datolites.

September 1, 2005: Prelimitary version of Rock Shop is opened and it contain some info on what I have for sale. 

July 7 2005,
   I opened "How to ID Agate Roughs" out of hope that this section may be of a help to anyone with unidentified agate roughs. 
 
 
 
 

 

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