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Author: | Barbra Voltaire, FGG [ Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Agates from Argentina. MID-WEST REGION : Puma agate |
I want one. Anyone selling them? |
Author: | abeck [ Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:45 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Agates from Argentina. MID-WEST REGION : Puma agate |
Hey, Barbra! I think the author may be the seller... though there are others on Fleabay... https://www.ebay.com/usr/condoragatemines (the author?) https://www.ebay.com/b/Condor-Agate/3225/bn_57334853 Very pretty stuff! |
Author: | Barbra Voltaire, FGG [ Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:24 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Agates from Argentina. MID-WEST REGION : Puma agate |
OK! I found a nice piece and bought it from Condor Agate Mines on eBay: There really is something "other wordly about this stuff. My specimen is inert under LWUV and the black areas glow green under SWUV. Anyone want to speculate what is causing that fluorescence in what appears to be a a very saturated reddish brown chalcedony? |
Author: | condoragatemines [ Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Agates from Argentina. MID-WEST REGION : Puma agate |
The specimen that you bought is a Crater agate specimen from Chubut Province, Argentina. The red botryoidal center is the remains of Hematite layer that over time oxidized and created a coating of jasper. The green color fluorescence is because the formation was in contact with Uranium salt. |
Author: | Barbra Voltaire, FGG [ Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Agates from Argentina. MID-WEST REGION : Puma agate |
Thanks for the explanation! Everyone who has seen my new crater agate just has a jaw dropping, squinty eye reaction followed by "wow". |
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