Agates

C1. Condor Agate. Mendoza Province, Argentina. Cut and polished nodule. #1. Half nodule with a rocky exterior and an attractive polished face with light blue to lavender and a bright orange escape tube. 50 by 40 mm polished face; 39 mm thick; 4.2 ounces. $75

C2. Condor Agate. Mendoza Province, Argentina. Cut and polished nodule. #2. Half nodule with an interesting meteorite-like exterior and a lovely, colorful polished face. Quartz crystal center vug. 50 by 58 mm polished face; 27 mm thick; 3.3 ounces. $75

C3. Condor Agate. Mendoza Province, Argentina. Cut and polished nodule. #3. Half nodule with a colorful center surrounded by translucent chalcedony which makes it look as if the colors are floating in the center. The polished surface is not flat. I ground down and polished one edge to get rid of some unattractive inclusions. It is all beautifully polished. 50 by 93 mm polished face; 32 mm thick; 7.6 ounces. $75

C4. Condor Agate. Mendoza Province, Argentina. Cut and polished nodule. #4. Half nodule with a colorful area on the exterior. Deep, rich coloring of red and yellow framed by black. Centered by a quartz crystal vug. Top eye appeal. 60 by 80 mm polished face; 39 mm thick; 7.9 ounces. $250

C5. Condor Agate. Mendoza Province, Argentina. Cut and polished nodule. #5. Half nodule with an attractive exterior. Mostly gray blue with a large crystal quartz center. 65 by 82 mm polished face; 32 mm thick; 7.2 ounces. $100

C6. Condor Agate. Mendoza Province, Argentina. Cut and polished nodule. #6. Half nodule with an attractive reddish brown exterior. Amazing, beautiful, polished face with abundant yellow and red and green accents. Quartz crystal lined center vug with another crystal that looks like barite. 58 by 74 mm polished face; 48 mm thick; 7.7 ounces. $250

C7. Condor Agate. Mendoza Province, Argentina. Cut and polished nodule. #7. Potato-like exterior and deep red color, encircled by a thin black ring. Centered by a quartz crystal vug with what I guess to be barite. Remarkably perfect. 52 by 65 mm polished face; 35 mm thick; 5.8 ounces. $150

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