columbia river agate

[beatup1354]

back in december a friend sent me about 25 lbs. of agate nodules he has collected on the river (most are tennis ball sized ) .
so worked a couple pieces , one with golden moss in it and the other a very light pinkish to yellow translucent color.
It was a nice day yesterday the snow was melting and even some grasshoppers were out and about on the deck.

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Bret, That is some beautiful agate.

[SurfaceHunter]

Stunning material and work

[willjo]

Agate makes some nice looking pieces when an expert knapper is working with it.

[Kentucky point]

Stunner! I need to get some more rock, and some better weather.

[redrocks]

Awesome work in some nice rock

[beatup1354]

Thanks guys i am surprised they turned out as good as they did i busted some of the rock up with a spalling hammer and heated the flakes in the oven ( in a cast iron skillet) for 4 hours about half of the flakes popped but some made it. too cold outside to mess with the roaster.

[Broken Arrow]

How do you go about working a tennis ball sized nodule? Also, what temp did you heat the flakes at?

[beatup1354]

I would just slab it on the saw but it was to cold for that so a just took a spalling hammer and broke up the nodule and then heated the bigger flakes.

[SDhunter]

Nice material and nice work