Arizona
Included here are examples of agates and jaspers that I feel are a pretty good cross-section of some of the better varieties of material that can be found in the state of Arizona. The pieces that come from public locations are named, all others are from private locations. Most of my Arizona locations I discovered myself after many hours of research and long miles of hiking to remote areas. Sorry to say I now choose to keep them private since I have learned the hard way about trusting certain agate collectors with my hard-earned locations. Specimens that are unpolished are shown wet to better show their colors.
There are a number of different private locations where I collect in Arizona and I have them listed by area numbers or by the general area/region.
New pictures will be added in no particular order. Hopefully, as the gallery grows, all you crazy agate lovers out there will find my collection as interesting and beautiful as I do. Periodically I will include pieces that aren’t agate or jasper, but are noteworthy enough in their own way to be included here.
Enjoy!
Central Arizona 1, Face Polished Specimen
2 1/2″ x 2″ x 1″ Beautiful plume agate chunk.
Central Arizona 1, Face Polished Specimen
2″ x 2″ x 1 1/2″ An awesome piece of agate with a little fortification and sagenite.
Central Arizona 5, Face Polished Specimen
1 1/2″ x 1 1/4″ x 3/4″ Fortification agate nodule with parallax. Probably one of the best agates I’ve ever found in AZ
Southern Arizona, Face Polished Specimen
3 1/2″ x 2″ x 1 1/2″ Cool orbicular agate from a remote location I recently discovered.
Mulligan Peak, Face Polished Specimen
1 3/4″ x 1 1/4″ x 1 1/4″ Wonderful purple & lavender fortification agate with druzy center.
Muggins Mountains, Face Polished Specimen
3 3/4″ x 2 1/2″ x 1/4″ Thunderegg with sagenite. Closed location.
Central Arizona 1, Face Polished Specimen
3″ x 1 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ Pretty pink agate with crystal lined druzy pocket with inclusions & fortification. Closed location.
Eastern Arizona, Face Polished Specimen
3 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ Fortification with snowflakes. One of my favorite agates.
Southern Arizona, Face Polished Specimen
4″ x 1 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ Red/orange seam agate with inclusions.
Mulligan Peak, Face Polished Specimen
2 1/4″ x 2″ x 1 1/2″ Deep purple fortification agate nodule with snowflakes. One of my best from this location.
Central Arizona 5, Face Polished Specimen
3 1/2″ x 3″ x 3″ Uncommonly large banded agate nodule with a purple center.
Eastern Arizona, Face Polished Specimen
1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ x 1 1/4″ Beautiful pink snowflake banded agate with open druzy lined center.
Central Arizona 5, Dome Polished Specimen
3″ x 1 3/4″ x 2″ An amazing grey and white fortification agate with snowflakes & spheres.
Clifton Peak, Unpolished Slab
1 1/2 ” x 1 1/4″ x 1/4″ Cool pink fortification agate slab with parallax & open druzy coated center.
Central Arizona 5, Face Polished Specimen
3″ x 2″ x 2″ Fortification agate with euhedral quartz section and multiple colors & inclusions.
Sheep Bridge, Face Polished Specimen
2 1/2″ x 1 1/4″ x 1 1/4″ Fortification agate with gold & purple sagenite.
Eastern Arizona, Face Polished Specimen
3″ x 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ Unusual agate filled with fortification, snowflakes, & tubes.
Sheep Bridge, Face Polished Specimen
3″ x 1 1/2″ x 1″ A fantastic agate with red fortification center surrounded by sagenite that I found over 20 years ago.
Central Arizona 3, Unpolished Slab
4″ x 3 3/4″ x 1/4″ Fisheye agate with spherules & webbing. Closed location.
Central Arizona 2, Face Polished Specimen
3 1/2″ x 3″ x 1″ Colorful fortification & flower agate.
Central Arizona 4, Rough Specimen
4 1/2″ x 2″ x 2 1/2″ Interesting pseudomorph formation from a small deposit.
Brenda, Face Polished Specimen
6 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ x 1 1/4″ Large piece of plume/flame seam agate with druzy pockets.
Eastern Arizona, Face Polished Specimen
3 1/4″ x 1 3/8″ x 2 1/2″ Banded snowflake agate with a crystal lined open center.
Brenda, Face Polished Specimen
3″ x 1 1/2″ x 1/4″ Old stock red plume agate with druzy pocket. I collected this piece over 20 years ago when material of this quality was still available.