ABOUT AGATEGRRRL

Above all else, I'd like to say that I'm just your basic, goofy rockhound who happens to love to collect agates, especially banded or fortification types, although I do enjoy other agates with inclusions too - such as tube, moss, plume, sagenite, and so on.  I also very much enjoy collecting Iris agate - the colors are so magical and beautiful!

I'm not a big digger or a commercial collector - I'm pretty much just a surface collector who does a little digging and mostly likes to do a lot of exploring and walking around, picking up beautiful rocks as I go. I've been collecting now for over 20 years, and collecting agates has truly become one of the greatest passions of my life. I seriously enjoy cutting and polishing the stones that I find, and I also make jewelry and art pieces out of many of the agates that I cut. It is all just too much fun for words!

I try to get out and collect as often as time permits, but the desert collecting season in Arizona (and the southwest in general) is severely limited to about 5 to 6 months of the year due to the extreme heat that we have during the brutal summer season. Needless to say, the summers here are best spent cutting and polishing your treasures while you patiently (not!) wait to be able to get back out in the field again in the fall.

When I'm not busy playing with my rocks, I make and sell silver and copper gemstone jewelry and multi-media art pieces through a number of fine art galleries. I am also a professional web designer, author, dowser, and teacher. I belong to a number of Arizona gem & mineral clubs, and am the webmaster for many of them. I specialize in designing websites for rock collectors and agate enthusiasts worldwide. For website design information go to my web design page.

During rockhounding season, I often hire out as a trail guide for out of state visitors. Prices vary depending on the location, number of people, difficulty, and time commitment involved. If you live outside of Arizona, or outside of the USA and would like to go on a rock collecting trip while in Arizona, email me for a price estimate.

 

 

"Life shrinks or expands in porportion to one's courage".

  

 


Agategrrrl collecting in the field.


A bracelet made from one of my hand-cut Crazy Lace cabs with a sweet druzy pocket. This bracelet was featured in AGATES II by Johann Zenz, but misidentified & attributed to someone else.


Happy campers I recently led on a fossil collecting trip in northern Arizona.

 

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