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spiritstone Cave Dweller Member since August 2014 Posts: 2,061	Agate Dec 23, 2019 2:51:56 GMT -5 QuailRiver, Fossilman, and 14 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by spiritstone on Dec 23, 2019 2:51:56 GMT -5 I had a few of these hungarian agates over the years and got around to cutting my last in half this summer. This one turned out the best.
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fernwood misunderstood rock expert Member since May 2016 Posts: 11,965	Agate Dec 23, 2019 5:35:00 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fernwood on Dec 23, 2019 5:35:00 GMT -5 Wow! So beautiful.
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RocksInNJ fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2019 Posts: 1,895	Agate Dec 23, 2019 6:47:40 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 23, 2019 6:47:40 GMT -5 To cool!!!
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MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	Agate Dec 23, 2019 6:53:01 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Dec 23, 2019 6:53:01 GMT -5 That is a beaut!
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toiv0 has started giving rock gifts Member since November 2014 Posts: 3,306	Agate Dec 23, 2019 8:13:41 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by toiv0 on Dec 23, 2019 8:13:41 GMT -5 I like it

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That is lovely! We have some Hungarian agates that we got a few years ago. We mainly got them so Vince could polish one up to give to his mom because of the Hungarian ancestry on his mom's side.

Robin

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miket misunderstood rock expert Member since April 2018 Posts: 11,240	Agate Dec 23, 2019 11:07:36 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by miket on Dec 23, 2019 11:07:36 GMT -5 Gorgeous, thanks for sharing!
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,998	Agate Dec 23, 2019 13:03:38 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Dec 23, 2019 13:03:38 GMT -5 WOW! That's a tongue wagger. drooling
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Gem'n I freely admits to licking rocks Member since March 2008 Posts: 980	Agate Dec 23, 2019 13:27:59 GMT -5 spiritstone and hummingbirdstones like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Gem'n I on Dec 23, 2019 13:27:59 GMT -5 Nice...see those Hungarians have something going there!!!
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spiritstone Cave Dweller Member since August 2014 Posts: 2,061	Agate Dec 23, 2019 17:55:37 GMT -5 via mobile rockjunquie and fernwood like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by spiritstone on Dec 23, 2019 17:55:37 GMT -5 Thanks all! for the great comments posted. .
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egghound off to a rocking start Member since January 2020 Posts: 6	Agate Jan 5, 2020 19:36:18 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by egghound on Jan 5, 2020 19:36:18 GMT -5 Those really grab your eyes I'm always a sucker for the color red. Thanks for sharing

fishnpinball Cave Dweller So much to learn, so little time Member since March 2017 Posts: 1,491	Agate Jan 5, 2020 20:05:01 GMT -5 spiritstone and knave like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fishnpinball on Jan 5, 2020 20:05:01 GMT -5 wow

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ETA - You're the first person I've ever seen post a Hungarian Agate, so I added one below for folks who might've never seen any. - End Edit.

Yeah, spiritstone - wow! Looks like you might've saved the best one for last. Don't think any of the ones we have left are that brightly colored.

Robin posted above about the ones we got. Here's the one slab and the shadow box I gave to Mom for Mother's Day that year.

It was cool to get those directly from someone there. He said he picked out that stamp especially for the parcel after I told him why I wanted them.

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Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,723	Agate Jan 6, 2020 10:20:44 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Jan 6, 2020 10:20:44 GMT -5 Beauty!
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hummingbirdstones2 Thanks!Nothing wrong with that one you have especially cabbed, havent gotten that far with any of it.
I saw them a few years back on Ebay, I was getting them direct from the source cut and uncut as you did out of Hungary. I recognize his name on fb when sometimes he posts pics of his finds on agate collectors worldwide, but I havent gone back to Ebay since all the changes.
I have an orange one that bleeds color like that one in pic, but this one hands down surprised the shit out of me with the red and purple

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How cool. I don't know if we got them from the same guy or not, but there are only two listed on the Minerant database. They both have really nice ones on their websites, but don't seem to have any current sales pages.

www.minerant.org/collectors.html#HUNGARY

We got ours from Janos. I don't remember if he ever sold on eBay. He joined a different forum for a short while and then disappeared. I cut out his hand-written return address and put it on the back of the shadow box for a little extra "provenance".

The only ones I could find on eBay just now are all cabbed - and all from India... . Bummer... .

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