Post by oregon on Sept 13, 2016 1:04:07 GMT -5
Is there a preferred direction to cut the typical brazillian agate?
Most of these look like you've started with a hemisphere and then 'smushed' it sideways. Looks to me like the layering is usually parallel to the flat face(?) so I should cut perpendicular to that. But then should I cut in the direction of the 'smush' or across that? In the first instance the slabs would be a asymmetric shape, in the latter they slabs would have a symmetrical shape. Haven't cut any yet, but seems worth thinking about before just diving in.
any websites that talk about how they're formed? They must mine them by the trainload somewhere.
Thanks for the help.
Most of these look like you've started with a hemisphere and then 'smushed' it sideways. Looks to me like the layering is usually parallel to the flat face(?) so I should cut perpendicular to that. But then should I cut in the direction of the 'smush' or across that? In the first instance the slabs would be a asymmetric shape, in the latter they slabs would have a symmetrical shape. Haven't cut any yet, but seems worth thinking about before just diving in.
any websites that talk about how they're formed? They must mine them by the trainload somewhere.
Thanks for the help.
