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Purple Royal Mist Fire Agate by ~jessa1155:iconjessa1155:

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Submitted: January 19, 2008
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Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Shutter Speed: 1/50 second
F Number: F/2.7
Focal Length: 6 mm
Date Picture Taken: Jan 18, 2008, 10:43:15 PM

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This is a 25x18x4-5 mm, 22.6 carat fire agate gem from Slaughter Mountain.

This is the most recent addition to our fire agate gem collection. :worship:

This is my new personal favorite and probably one of the most beautiful gems I've ever seen. This fire agate has a fine layer of purple-pink "royal mist"... a rare quality that Mark and I had never heard of prior to this seeing this stone. The colors refract with extraordinary brightness including the "royal mist", which is a pink-purple, transparent colored chalcedony layer above the primary, opaque colors.

Mark and I were VERY happy when we got this stone :date:
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~Amandiar:iconAmandiar: Jan 19, 2008, 1:08:09 PM
Good god, that can't be real! It's incredible!

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*CrysallisCreations:iconCrysallisCreations: Jan 19, 2008, 7:14:58 PM
wow.....

I think Fire Agate is getting rare to come by, I remember I used to be able to find them drilled into beads too but not anymore.....hmmm.....

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=mascaraxglass:iconmascaraxglass: Jan 19, 2008, 10:24:10 PM
Mmm botryoidal goodness.

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~jessa1155:iconjessa1155: Jan 20, 2008, 2:34:24 PM
I think they're getting more expensive and people can make more money cutting rough into cabs rather than making beads. I know I've never personally seen many fire agate beads with good color. I wish I could find some though! I'd kill :stab: for a nice strand of good quality fire agate :heart: beads!

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*CrysallisCreations:iconCrysallisCreations: Jan 20, 2008, 4:00:30 PM
yeah.....

I've been trying to find some for the past few years, the search is still on.....will let you know if I ever find any!! :D

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~jessa1155:iconjessa1155: Jan 20, 2008, 4:31:23 PM
Thanks! We love round smooth gem beads in the 4-7mm range. We've been on the hunt for some high end sugilite beads or gem silica beads. We see faceted beads all the time and rondels quite a bit also... but round high quality beads are scarce.

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*CrysallisCreations:iconCrysallisCreations: Jan 20, 2008, 4:57:48 PM
I was just at one of my supplier's 2 weeks ago.....he showed me some rough that he has of Charoite, as well as some Sugilite. I am waiting for him to work on those into beads....:)

If there's anything good, I'll definitely let you know then! :)

Meanwhile, my hunt for Fire Agate beads is still on.....lol

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~jessa1155:iconjessa1155: Jan 20, 2008, 5:23:05 PM
THANKS.. that would be great!

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*CrysallisCreations:iconCrysallisCreations: Jan 20, 2008, 5:29:15 PM
:D I'll see what I can find....HK Gem and Jewellery show is in early March as well!! ;)

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