Dwarves' Earth Treasures Online Rock Shop: Agate Creek (Queenland) Agates
Agate Creek, Queenland Province, Australia
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You must have a "fossicking" license
to dig for those small agates in a really remote semi-arid area in Northern
Queenland, Australia! Most agates come in small sizes, (larger ones
are more scarce) and come in quite a variety of strong colors especially
red, yellow, white, blue, orange, and pink. The agates seem to be as if
they come in three color combos: blue-gray & red ones (most common),
yellow & red ones, and weathered pink & white "porcelain".
Most agate roughs I obtained
seem to be commonly fractured, but it was said that better agates can be
obtained by digging bit deeper. But even so, it's very difficult to obtain
any unsorted roughs which best pieces have not been taken out by miners/dealers.
AGC083-$45
AGC086-$50, some fractures
clipped back (broken & hollow nodule)
