Dave Englund : photos : Agates Only : 2.5-oz Lake Superior Agate; 4.5cm x 3.5cm x 3cm (about the size of a chestnut). "Water polished" - the smooth appearance is due to water running over the surface; the stone was probably in a creek bed. A "healed" fracture runs across the face. Has a beautiful banding design that looks like a lit flame.- powered by SmugMug

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Welcome! These are all agates that I own. Most I purchased at various rock shows or auctions. The eye agate I found myself (see #28). Most are Lake Superior agates ("Lakers"), but there are also Luguna, Dryhead, Fairburn, Botswana, and Brazil agates here. Don't miss the original sizes that are available for many of these images. Change to the "Critique" Style, and then under "Other sizes" click on the capital "O". Enjoy!

NOTE: For purposes of online presentation colors of agate specimens may be a bit more saturated than in reality.

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Dave Englund > Close-up of a Lake Superior slab agate.

$Dave Englund > 2.5-oz Lake Superior Agate; 4.5cm x 3.5cm x 3cm (about the size of a chestnut). "Water polished" - the smooth appearance is due to water running over the surface; the stone was probably in a creek bed. A "healed" fracture runs across the face. Has a beautiful banding design that looks like a lit flame.$

Dave Englund > 3.6 oz Lake Superior Agate (Saginite); 6cm x 5cm x 3cm.

Also, note crystal impressions in lower-center.

(Saginite - An acicular variety of rutile occurring in groups of crystals crossing at 60 degrees and often enclosed in quartz or other minerals.)

Dave Englund > Clearly showing the crystal impressions. Also, note the visible rutile fibers to the right.

Dave Englund > 3.4oz Lake Superior "Tube" Agate; 5.5cm x 4.5cm x 2.5cm.

For reasons as yet unexplained agates can form "tubes" instead of banding. This rock is a bit translucent, and you can just make out some of the wriggly tubes. It would probably be even more impressive if it were polished. Ah! A winter project!!

$Dave Englund > 2oz Lake Superior Agate; 5.2cm x 3.4cm x2.5cm. A fine little water polished agate with multiple fractures.$

Dave Englund > 1.5oz Lake Superior Agate; 4.2cm x 3cm x 2.7cm.

Al natural ("water polished," by virture of having spent hundreds of years in a creek bed with water running over it's surface).

Dave Englund > 2.5oz Lake Superior Agate; 5cm x 4cm x 3cm.

Another water polished agate. Note the yellow regions in the lower-left. These are likely regions with higher iron content.

Dave Englund > 5.75-oz Lake Superior Agate; 5.5cm x 4.5cm x 4cm.

2.5-oz Lake Superior Agate; 4.5cm x 3.5cm x 3cm (about the size of a chestnut).

"Water polished" - the smooth appearance is due to water running over the surface; the stone was probably in a creek bed. A "healed" fracture runs across the face. Has a beautiful banding design that looks like a lit flame.

$> 2.5-oz Lake Superior Agate; 4.5cm x 3.5cm x 3cm (about the size of a chestnut). "Water polished" - the smooth appearance is due to water running over the surface; the stone was probably in a creek bed. A "healed" fracture runs across the face. Has a beautiful banding design that looks like a lit flame.$