FOUR (4) VINTAGE MEXICAN CRAZY LACE AGATE LAGUNA SLAB PSEUDOMORPH SAGENITE 9. 1OZ
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4833882 | Featured Refinements: Agate Slab |
Listed for sale here is a spectacular lot group of four (4) cut slabs of 1980s Mexican Crazy Lace Agate aka Laguna Lace Agate originating from Northern Mexico, and all four slabs are exhibiting beautiful coloration and pattern completely unique from one another! Pseudomorphs (sagenite and others) abound in several vivid colors in all slabs, and although mining has resumed a few years ago for this material, the color and pattern in these slabs is indicative of the original Mexican Crazy... Lace that was brought to market 40 or 50 years ago! In my opinion, the material that has more recently been mined is not as consistently colorful as the gem from the original digs. Explosives are frequently employed to free this beautiful gem material from it's host and therefore, fractures are common throughout rough material sold in bulk. These slabs are very clean, relatively free of significant fracturing, which is also indicative of the early material that was harvested from the uppermost portion of the deposit that required little use of explosives to free from the weathered host. Combined, the four slabs weigh 9.1 ounces. Individually, the slabs weigh and measure 1.) 2.8oz, 105mm by 75mm by 5mm 2.) 2.4oz, 113mm by 64mm by 5mm 3.) 2.0oz, 77mm by 70mm by 4.5mm 4.) 2.0oz, 112mm by 68mm by 5mm. All photographs taken of the slabs while wet, including the detailed photos at 2X to 4X magnification, except for the final two photographs which show both sides of all four slabs while dry. I will combine shipping for multiple purchases as long as the specimens can be packaged in a manner that will minimize the potential for damage.
