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This rough is like narcotics for agate lickers! We have two types; nodular specimen grade, and vein agate. The vein agate is the economy cab cutters grade. The nodular is an impressive specimen grade cutting material out of a dig area where the nodules are a fresh erosion out of rhyolite, leading to a yeild of about 9 out of 10 pieces with no cracks!!! Most have a striking pattern, and occasionally there is a killer that pays for the whole lot.

Here it is, the cream of the crop. Retails for $40.00 per lb. It will be on sale until the end of the Denver show, Sept. 21st for $25.00/lb. This will probably be the last opportunity to pick it up at this price, after Denver it costs us more to get, so grab some and build yourself a world of beautiful agates, that way you won't ever have to worry about anything ever again, other than the vastness of fortification in front of you, (and maybe your mortgage if you take one out and buy a barrel to stash). Ask about pre ordered barrel prices. Please specify size prefrences during checkout, or e-mail before hand to get pictures of specific nodules so that you can take the responsibility of picking them, and your wife can hang you for the mortgage.

Great for cabbing. At a reasonable price. $12.00 per lb. $10 if you buy a flat rate box. (25 lbs or so) Ask about quantity pricing. Much more available direct from Argentina.

Very similar in features to a Botswana, and great for a low cost specimen, or as an awesome cabochon which will awe even the most renowned cabochon artists or jewelry fabricators. $12.00 per lb. $10 by the flat rate box. (21 lbs or so)

Note on my agate picking abilities: All of the good banded agates are very enjoyable to cut. What makes it so rare when you get a unique piece, is that it is actually rare to get that "perfect agate". People do not understand a $2,000 price tag on an agate that weighs less than a pound. This is because of all of the lesser agates that you had to cut through to get to that one perfect piece. Queenslands are the worst in the rough. Maybe if you are lucky with a Queensland, you get one worthy of the books in every 4,000 or so. Condors are much better by percentage because they are newer in geological formation, not giving them time to develop the cracks that Queenslands are natorious for; particularly if you get them from the right area.

I take pride in picking the good stuff for my customers on the internet. The best of my inventory goes to them because they are not at a gem show to see for themselves what they are getting. Agates can be very hard to pick however, and I truthfully have no idea what is on the inside of a Condor until it is cut. Patterns and colors can change, they can be partially hollow, they can be entirely different on the outside than they are on the inside. Typically if you see a broken edge, it will be dyed these awesome vibrant colors, then you cut it and it is mostly black. Then the very next piece looks black on the outside, and on the inside is the best agate you have ever cut. They are a love hate passion.

I pick Condors by shape, size, and I look for tell tale flaws that I try to avoid (i.e. white spots on the rhine). I guarantee you that this is the best rough condor agate on the market, (the nodular), but I can not guarantee that you will get the best out of the batch without having a little luck. There are killer agates here; you just need to find them. Good luck, and I hope that I pick well for you. If you love Condor agates, you will love to cut this rough, and I am telling you, there is no better thrill in the world than cutting a killer Condor! Happy Rockhounding!!!

                                                                                                                      -Levi Haywood                                                                                                                       www.gemmys.biz