Agate Collection Crawl -- Post 1

During the trip to Minnesota and Wisconsin, Jill and I had the pleasure to see several incredible agate and mineral collections.  Today I'll post the first set of photos.

First, an interesting rhyolite...

 

 

Do you see the dragon in the Lake Superior agate below?

 

 

The Laker below has a Madonna scene...

 

 

The agate below is a tremendous tube agate...

 

 

Some of the Lake Superior agates found inland in Minnesota are still fully covered with a husk.  The specimen below has one small "window" showing that there is agate on the inside.

 

 

I liked the angles in the corner of the room that was holding the agate collection, as well as a rare book collection.

 

 

Mineral specimens....

 

 

 

 

 

A Mexican Laguna agate.....

 

 

 

Old stock Brazilian book ends....

 

 

 

 

Do you see the duck in the Lake Superior agate below?

 

 

 

 

Jill  shows two halves of a Lake Superior agate below....