Greetings [Foogy] & [Jockstrap] there are several areas where you can get prime agates & other rock
in scotland, however most sites were stripped bare long ago.
Quartz: Agates, Amethyst, Blue, Citrine, Clear, Rose, Rotten (Leaverite), Smokey & White.
Chalcedoney (flint), Jasper.
Gold purity 554 in pure white Quartz non radioactive.
Gold purity 567 in rusty colored white Quartz Radioactive 0.005 Milli Sievert (5 Milli Roentgens).
Pyrite (fools gold) in all colors of Quartz.
Mica in all colors of Quartz.
Campsie Fells, Corrie (Kilsyth), Kilsyth hills, Stirlingshire in the burns.
My Agate find click the pic for larger pic.
Left pic . . . . . . . . . . Right pic.
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Left pic: Bottom right: Amethyst banded Agate about 20mm (0.787") X 25mm (1") in size it was
light blue with a distinct eye-shaped white banding with Amethyst centre, found in a gravel bank
in the Bo-ney (The Bonny water) Bo-neybrig (Bonnybridge) about a mile north west from home.
Bottom right: a cross between Amethyst & Rose Quartz about 22mm (0.866") X 10mm (0.393")
in size found in same site as above.
Top: Turitella Agate with a bit of a fossil that is undercutting (USA).
Right pic: Centre The finished item John's "Alien Amethyst eye" done by
Jack the Yorkshire stone ripper [Jack ( Yorkshire)].
Sorry [Jockstrap] for not getting back to you sooner i have not been to LLC or SMLC this year
as i have been quite ill in addition to the depression i normally have.
See
Rock Tumbling Beginner - General Advice Please Reply #8.
The best way to get agates & other rock is to buy them either via the Lapidary clubs see
Final polishing help please! Reply #8 or Mineral Craft North Ltd in Sticky #1 below or other sellers via Ebay.
SMLC sells 2.54mm (1") bits of Montrose Agate for £2 each to club members, i had placed a £75 bid on
a 250mm (10") Highland Park Slab saw (100mm (4") thick max cut), complete with vice & spring feed,
the blade was a bit dished, but could be easily repaired or an additional £60 for a brand new blade still
in box, but because i had lapsed my SMLC membership it was sold for £50, the saw was worth £300, but
i could have bought it privately without going to their auction, as they do not sell to non members period!
I had rock from Mineral Craft North Ltd in Sticky #1 below, i ordered 10kg (22.046lb) of each.
Austrailian Amethyst (Moh's 7.0) 12kg (26.455lb) £98 including Vat & P&P, 75% to be slabbed.
Full of matrix (Moh's 3.0)
South African Rose Quartz (Moh's 7.0) 11.5kg (25.353lb) £89 including Vat & P&P, 80% to be slabbed.
Not tried yet.
Scottish gold Tiger's Eye (Moh's 7.0) 14.5kg (31.967lb) £89 including Vat & P&P, 100% to be slabbed.
It undercuts quite badly mixed hardness (Moh's 3.0), (Moh's 5.0) & (Moh's 7.0).
It probally needs a finer grit than F600, so just got F1,200 Silicon Carbide not tried yet.
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I hail from (The Barony of Seabegs)
Bonnybridge,
Stirlingshire,
U.K, where
aliens (15mb) sometimes come
for a visit & about 4 miles west from this
monstrosity!
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Vendors worldwide (2mb), 2#:
How to use the forum,
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How to identify rocks & minerals, 4#:
Save money on expensive grits & polishes,
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