The Agates
Fantastic news this week, gang! Courtesey of Our Blessed Benefactor, we have three, count ‘em, THREE new additions to the collection.
Agates have the range, darling. These three stones, each with their own secret talent to share, demonstrate the elegant diversity of their family name.
First on stage, we have Cluster Grape Agate: Star of another recent post here at the studio. Reviews raved, “rocks I want to EAT”
Well, everybody, now I have my very own Eating Him Agate. Found in Andestite pillow lava, Grape Agate grows in the vitreols of igneous rocks, and must be removed with a gentle hand and a fine, finessed brush.
^Here pictured against some very fitting grape vines.
Next act: Enhydro Agate. Her brilliant orange coloring suggests she’s also a Classic Carnelian.
Within this stones walls hides a pocket of water, ancient as the rock she came with. Glossy as any magazine cover, this stone is ready for the silver screen!
And our grand finale: The delicate Iris Agate. Carved into an iridescent butterfly cabochon, she’s a natural star. held to a lavalamp- or a stagelight- a thin gossimer rainbow shimmers through her opacity.
This delicate beauty and her cousins illustrate the variety even a single mineral type can have, an how beautiful that diversity can be. Round of applause for tonight’s act: Agates!
