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Scottish Agates
Various Locations of Scotland, Europe
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    The Scottish agates were obtained from a Scottish rockhounder and he's still finding the agates at many different locations around Scotland. Cupar and Lithrie agates are the most famous types of Scottish agates ("Fairburns" of Scotland) and those agates were widely used in Victorian Era jewelry. Right now, they can be found only on the farmlands right after they have been plowed. Many agates are fractured as result of glacial activies and being plowed around, so it's rare to find any unfractured Cupnar/Lithrie agates. Other agates such as Ardownie, Basra, Balmerino, Glenfarg, and Tentismur were obtained from the quarries by hand.

Updated October 2010
Larger pictures of any interested specimens can be provided at request
Note that fractures are very common among Scottish Agates.

2009ySCTn021-$30
no fractures
Ardownie, Scotland		 2009ySCTn032-$25
Ardownie, Scotland		 2009ySCTn034-$25
Strong shadowing effect
Scurdie Ness. Scotland
2009ySCTn035-$30, SLAB
Ardownie, Scotland		 2009ySCTn036-$35
no fractures
Balmerino, Fife		 2009ySCTn037-$35 SLAB
Cupnar, Scotland
2009ySCTn038-$50
shadowing effect
Ardownie, Scotland		 2009ySCTn039-$35, SLAB
no fractures, shadowing effect
Ardownie, Scotland		 2009ySCTn040-$50
strong shadowing effect
Ardownie, Scotland