High grade Turkish stick agate. Group - #14 backs usually depicted as a humpbacked

usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player

I’m 76 years old

and sure to lighten the day of someone you love

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High grade Turkish stick agate. Group - #14 backs usually depicted as a humpbackedHigh grade Turkish stick agate is very difficult to find. The agate beds just north of Ankara, Turkey appear to have run out of the high quality material such as this. Luckily, I bought a large quantity of rough when it first became available, and have cut many classic and beautiful slabs such as this from it. This small grouping of spectacular slabs is almost completely fracture free. This would be beautiful as a specimen, or could be cut up into