Agua Nueva Agate New Water Agate Rough Chunk! Trimmer Rough and its high silica content

and its high silica content

and it is easy to see why

It works into some amazing cabochons

it looks like it will only get better

It does have a higher iron content

Agua Nueva Agate New Water Agate Rough Chunk! Trimmer Rough and its high silica contentAgua Nueva Agate is a form of stunning agate from Mexico! Agua Nueva can sometimes have fortification, but is often a high contrast well defined moss agate! It tends to be fairly hard and solid, and takes a mirror polish! Agua Nueva means "New Water" agate, and is near where the Laguna Agate is mined on the Agua Nueva Ranch. It can on occasion have fractures, but generally yields very workable slabs for cabs. Agua Nueva Agate is getting harder and