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Malawi blue agate
Feb 6th, 2017 at 1:33pm
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If you google "blue agate" almost every image you see is dyed (fake color) material.  It seems that blue is one of the favorite colors added to agates.  So here is a genuine blue agate geode from Malawi in my collection -- the agate forms a band around the periphery, and the center is made of druzy blue quartz.  To see more images, google "Malawi blue agate".
  
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Re: Malawi blue agate
Reply #1 - Feb 7th, 2017 at 8:29am
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That's an awesome piece.  Will you be cutting any of it?
  
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Reply #2 - Feb 7th, 2017 at 10:32am
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No cutting, but I plan to use a Makita stone grinder/polisher to grind off some of the matrix and reveal more of the agate.
  
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Re: Malawi blue agate
Reply #3 - Feb 7th, 2017 at 1:56pm
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Very pretty agate, Victor. Thanks for the pic.
I don't know if you are going to be able to improve it much. Good luck.
  
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Re: Malawi blue agate
Reply #4 - Feb 10th, 2017 at 11:35am
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Lovely
  
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