Needles Blue Agate

Needles Blue Agate is rare stone that is single source from the Blue Danube Mine near Lake Havasu. The Needles Gem and Mineral Club of Needles, CA have the claim on this location and members and their guests are allowed to dig. This mineral is very rare and only found in one location where the agate forms in veins in Rhyolite Porphyry. Cutting the blue agate from the matrix is a painstaking effort.  Sometimes a combination mix of Agate and Rhyolite make very nice cabs. The colors of this wonderful agate range from clear, light blue, medium blue, dark blue, blue black and may occasionally have a slight blue green tint. You'll need to cut it out of the matrix WET pic.-(7 oz.)  good yield for this chunk with a sweet thick top layer