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This page includes six more photos from my personal collection.

Below: Cut by me from a piece of Tennesse agate I was able to trade for while visiting Nashville in 2003.

Above: Priday Plume from Richardson's Recreational Ranch. Located 11 miles northeast of Madras, OR. This material has not been mined for many years now and most collectors have to pay a heavy price for thier specimens.

Tennessee Agate: Also obtained on the same trip to Nashville in 2003. This piece was one that caught my eye and I had to have. It is an exceptionally clean piece. Much of the agate in Tennessee is highly fractured, so finding a piece like this makes it even more valuable.

Amethyst from Argentina: Purchased at a rock show in 2002. I trimmed the bottom so it would stand on it's own.

A 152 lb. boulder of jasper! It took my friend and I about 3 hours of hard rock mining to get this out of the cliff face. After we managed to get it free, we then had to roll it down hill, about a mile, in 4 inches of smow, to get it back to my truck. What we won't do for a rock.

Eagle Rock Jasper : See the spheres page!

Below: This was the scene where we parked and hiked up the hill to obtain the large boulder of Eagle Rock Jasper. It was only a mile up hill. The fun part was coming back down with the boulder and tools and 50 lb. back packs filled with more pieces. Needless to say, we were a little tired by the time we got everything back to the truck.

Below: Intarsia created by Will Smith, Antioch, Tenn. Will is a master cutter who also teaches cabbing and silver smithing. In 2004 Will cut and mounted a piece of Tennessee Spider Web agate as a donation to the American Federation Mineral Society's Endowment fund. See his website for details on Tennessee agate below.

Click here to visit Will's site TNagate.com.