Featured Chinese agate sculpture

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  1. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Did a trade today and wound up with this piece ..it's carved from an agate and about 5" tall. Birdies and flowers from a boulder - cool!

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    blooey, Oct 16, 2019
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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    It could be some type of chalcedony,but it doesn't look like agate.
     
    Hollyblue, Oct 16, 2019
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    cxgirl, Oct 16, 2019
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  4. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    That is GORGEOUS !
     
    johnnycb09, Oct 16, 2019
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  5. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I'd have said serpentine, best guess.
     
    evelyb30, Oct 16, 2019
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  6. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Nope! - agate. Hard as the hobs of h---:rolleyes: Can't be scratched with a steel point. HARD!:wideyed:
     
    blooey, Oct 16, 2019
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  7. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Agate is chalcedony!:wacky:
     
    blooey, Oct 16, 2019
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  8. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    I think it’s a cockatiel, not that it matters. :happy: Very nice! :)
     
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  9. patd8643

    patd8643 Well-Known Member

    Lovely. Like the way light plays through it.
     
    patd8643, Oct 17, 2019
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  10. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    But not all chalcedony is agate.
     
    Hollyblue, Oct 17, 2019
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  11. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Beautiful. I'm so jealous!
     
    KikoBlueEyes, Oct 17, 2019
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  12. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    For sure. This bit is though.:p
     
    blooey, Oct 17, 2019
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  13. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Birds! :woot:

    (I get excited over)
     
    scoutshouse, Oct 17, 2019
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  14. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    The flowers arent bad, either :)
     
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  15. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a beauty, blooey. Love the use of the natural colours of the stone. That one carnelian-y band in the chalcedony for the prunus blossoms.
     
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  16. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    Really quite splendid. And lovely photos.
     
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  17. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Lovely -- eye candy! :)

    Thanks for sharing this.
     
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