Moss Agate

Moss Agate

Moss Agate provides strength in all endeavors and efficiency in all pursuits. It is great for increasing self-esteem. It helps balance the emotions and strengthens positive personal traits. It is a wonderful stone as it allows everything your eyes see to be seen as a thing of beauty. An excellent stone for communicating with the plant kingdom and successfully growing new crops. Helps with the acquisition of riches and the powers of expedience.

Chakras: All
Astrological sign: Virgo

Thatcrystalsite.com
Photo: Google
~Angel

 

Agates under luminescent light! Beautiful!

Great link to different types of Agates

 Here's a great website that has a variety of agates and some great information about beachcombing for Agates
 http://www.agatesoftheoregoncoast.com/fieldtrip.html

Some of the pictures they have on their site are:

 Fancy Agates 

 Black Agates
 Sagenite Agates

Rare Baby Blue Agates
Very Rare Pink Agates

Cloud Agates and Cloud Spirit Agates

 Image and Info source from Icanandaj
Cloud Agates have a  Opaque white in clear chalcedony -Touch of carnelian in some

Cloud Spirit Agates have an Opaque white in clear chalcedony - fine lace effect

Agate Hunting on the Oregon Coast

Agate Hunting on the Oregon Coast

Pictures from my last trip to Oregon!

This is taken by Ocean Beach Oregon

  Wish I knew where I took this one.

 Detroit Lake Oregon.  This was such a beautiful magical place.

Fancy Jasper and sard agate

Image and Info source
All of these are nice and sizable, the amber colored one on the lower left is a sard agate (that has been back lit to see the translucency of the stone) the others are all fancy jaspers. 

Obsidian

The edge of obsidian can be flaked
to one molecule in thickness, much sharper
than any knife or razor edge.

Image and Information found on Oregon Dept of geology and Mineral Industries

Obsidian
This volcanic glass can be collected in central Oregon at Glass Butte (a rockhounding site on BLM land) on Highway 20 between Bend and Burns. An enormous flow of obsidian can also be seen at Newberry Crater, south and east of Bend, but no collecting is permitted in this national monument.
  Central Oregon Rockhounding Map (BLM)
Rockhounding on Public Land (BLM)

Thundereggs! Oregon's State Rock.

Picture from Oregon Dept of Geology & mineral Industries

 
Thundereggs 
 
The thunderegg is Oregon’s state rock.

Oregon’s state rock can be collected at fee and free sites in central and southeastern Oregon. Unimpressive on the outside, these spherical rocks contain colorful silicic material and, when sliced and polished, make beautiful collector’s items.

Beautiful Image from Rough Oregon Thundereggs

Oregon Red Jasper

I have found a lot of this on the coast! 
Image from Ebay

Where to find Agates on Oregon coast

I'm going to share a secret with you!  I found this link Agates at the Oregon Coast  I printed the information and have been using this as a beginner's guide to finding agates.

My husband and I love to comb the beaches looking for treasures.  I'm writing this blog so I can learn and identify what I'm finding!  I'll upload some pictures of our treasures soon.  I'd love to see yours!  Send me a picture of your favorite treasures you found on the coast!  Hopefully I'll be an expert soon!  If you already are feel free to add some comments and send some additional knowledge my direction. 

Oregon Sunstone

Oregon Sunstone
Oregon's State Gem.
You can look for these in Plush Oregon.    Find Lakeview which is close and has the only convience store within 60 miles.  Come prepared with plenty of food water and other supplies.  Sunstones come in white, red, green and blue.  To look for color ones you need to dig for them.  Hold white ones up to the sky and look for copper coloring.   I always get these confused with clear agates and I'm still convinced I'm finding these on the coast but according to my research I guess Plush Oregon is the place to find these. Picture on left from ehow
 

Sunstone color relates to the amount of copper in the stone – 20 parts per million for yellow, 200 parts per million for red.

"Lost" Blue Agate from Oregon

These were found in Prineville Oregon.  They are listed for sale on Ebay  Link for "Lost Blue Agate"

Larger Lavender Holley Blue Agate Rough Chunks from Oregon

To buy this peice go to ebay. Lavender Holley Blue Agate link to ebay

Rough Carnelian peach agate nodule/geode from Oregon

Oregon agate!  A rough Carnelian peach agate nodule.  I found this one on ebay it's listed for sale ebay ebay link  I borrowed his beautiful picture until I can get my own so he get's some free advertising. : )