But it's good enough to go looking for some rocks and work in the rock lab a bit..
I am very fortunate in that I have a wife who is gifted with "The Agate Eye". This is not to be confused with "The Evil Eye" although I'm pretty sure she has that gift as well. Vickie can literally smell agate. This first piece was in a creek bed with just a few dull inches showing at the surface. Imagine her surprise when she extricated it, turned it over and found this:
This piece actually has sections of different agate including plume, moss and fortification and areas of what I think is carnelian. It has a surface consistency of glass so it should polish amazingly but it is too big to cut on my trim saw so it will have to wait until I get the slab saw going.
But we wanted to cut something so we chose a couple of smaller pieces we found a few days ago. The first one is a little macrocrystalline but has some nice patterning.
But the next one is a real show stopper!
The picture doesn't really show the depth of colour and it isn't polished but this is going to be really nice when it is finished.
So if you like hunting for rocks, Digby Neck is a pretty good spot. And if you are in the area, come on by The Artist's mark and see some of the pieces we have collected and polished up. Everybody gets to pick a free polished stone so one way or another, you will go home with "A Piece of the Neck"!
LOVE THIS STONE! Do you sell any cut pieces of this agate, or finished pendants to the trade?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. Most of the slabs/ slices I use to make stuff I sell in our shop but I do sell slices and slabs but only locally for two reasons. First, the shipping is so expensive relative to the value of the rock andsecondly, because I think it is very important that the buyer be absolutely aware of what they are getting. Sorry, but you can always plan a vacation to Nova Scotia and stop by!!
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