Malcolm Jackson
The
Blue Lace Agate article by Jo and Duncan in last month’s Mineral Chatter
inspired me to make a box and as I had some really nice pieces of Yellowwood
around, I got sawing and made the box you see in the picture. I made the box
300 mm × 400 mm × 100 mm deep. I hope to catalogue the specimens and add some
artwork. I also want to include Jo and Duncan’s article in a booklet format.
I wanted to house
some of my Blue Lace Agate specimens that I had collected over many years from
what was then George Swanson’s mine. The detailed mineralogical information and
the late stage mineral description that Jo and Duncan have produced would help
me tie together the loose pieces that I had collected. This is the result so
far: