Positively Top Shelf

Balmorhea was mapped out in 1906 with the town's name being an amalgamation of Balcom, Morrow, and Rhea, the surnames of its founders. The Original inhabitants of the area were the Mascalero Apache Indians and...

  This rough is from California and according the the miner, no two pieces are ever the same. The seams this comes from change constantly along their lengths, supplying a new material every two feet or so.  This...

This is top shelf rough that is becoming a bit hard to find especially high grade stuff like this sweet piece. Lets face it, when you buy Cathedral agate you want the cathedrals which are the stalactites and stalagmites of...

Conifer Root specimen from Saddle Mountain. Nice little orange rind with creamy interior and thin agate streamers. Full skin with rounded backside and mirror polished face. Very cool and interesting for you wood lovers. -Dry...

  This agate is from the Bighorn Canyon location in Montana and the mine has been closed for many years and will likely never open due to silly restrictions like Prudent Man for instance .Even to this day it is a remote...

Talk about rare, this rough is as tough to find as anything I've heard of.  It does resemble Tahoma agate which is from Washington also. The Washington man I bought it from has had it for many years and said he...

Kaily Agate has a cool signature of subtle shadowed random patterns that takes on a high polish finish.  This material came from a small deposit and was available only for a very short time and that's why you never see...

These come from Mexico and I have cut a bunch over the years looking for that elusive amethyst geode. I was expecting it to be solid but luck was with me when I saw the beautiful lilac crystals in this geode. A couple other...

Zimbabwe is the one and only place in the world where this gorgeous rock has formed. Chromium Oxide is in this hard chalcedony giving it the amazing green color that it has. Serpentine is the host rock and from what I gather...

The Nsanje District of Malawi is where this stunning blue chalcedony formed in the crevices of the host rock.  Use your imagination and cut an "out of the ordinary" gem leaving the rough gemmy exterior...