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Welcome to The Gem Shop, Inc.'s Gallery of polished agates and jaspers. Pictured in each room are some of the world's finest agates and jaspers. None of these items are for sale from The Gem Shop, Inc. They are all in private collections. Sometimes a collector can be persuaded to sell a certain item but it is not our purpose here to offer anything for sale.

Information and pictures are presented here with the owner's permission. Photo submissions of exceptional agates and jaspers are encouraged for inclusion in this gallery. To find out about where some of these rocks come from, be sure to look at the Mining & Rock Location pages.

You are now in The Lobby, where we have a list of rooms you can enter to view specimens. Just click on the room you would like to enter in order to see all of the items on display in that room. Click on each individual item to see it up close. Below the list of rooms we have a special exhibit. These special exhibits change from time to time. Just scroll dow to view the items in the special exhibit.


Special Exhibit


Owner: Mike Ignatowski

Dryhead Agate
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 3.75"
Height: 2.75"
Weight: .85 Lb

Dryhead Agate from Montana. It contains varying shades of red, yellow, and white banding.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 5"
Height: 3.25"
Weight: 2.5 Lbs

This specimen was mined by The Gem Shop Inc. from the Agua Nueva claim on the Agua Nueva ranch in Mexico. Red, and light to dark orange(brown) moss are scattered around the outer edge of this specimen. The banding patter starts with alternating light and dark grayish-blue bands, followed by some reddish purple bands. The center of this specimen in is highlighted by alternating light and dark yellow bands.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 3.75"
Height: 3"
Weight: .2 Lbs

This specimen was mined by The Gem Shop Inc. from the Mi Sueño claim in Mexico. The pattern begins with a reddish purple band followed by a rich yellow band then alternating light purple bands. The center is very light purple druzy overlaying a botryoidal formation.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 6.25"
Height: 2.75"
Weight: 1.5 Lbs

This agate was mined in 2008 by The Gem Shop Inc. from the Agua Nueva claim on Agua Nueva ranch. This specimen consists primarily of varying shades of reddish purple banding with one bright yellow band, and some green moss.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Slightly Curved Polished Surface
Width: 4"
Height: 2.5"
Weight: .7 Lbs

This specimen was mined by The Gem Shop from the Agua Nueva Claim on the Agua Nueva Ranch in Mexico. The surface curves very slightly on the bottom of the left edge. It has many shades of vibrant reddish-purple banding, followed by alternating bands of a very yellow-orange color toward the center. The yellow orange bands seem to color the druzy in the center of the piece although the druzy shifts to white in some areas deeper inside the open pocket. The right side of the agate has a scattering of red, low value orange (brown) and green moss.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Laguna Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 3.75"
Height: 3.75"
Weight: 3.3 Lbs

This specimen was mined from the Agua Nueva claim on the Agua Nueva ranch in Mexico. It has red and orange banding along the outer edge. The center consists of mostly very light (near white) reddish-purple and blue bands.


Owner: Jeff Knippel

Laguna Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 3.5"quot;
Height: 3"
Weight: .8 Lbs

This specimen was mined in September or October 2009 from the Alianza claim in Mexico. It has alternating translucent dark and light blue banding around the outer edge, and varying shades of vivid red and orange banding toward the center.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 3.25"
Height: 2.5"
Weight: .5Lbs

This specimen was mined by The Gem Shop Inc. from the Agua Nueva claim on the Agua Nueva ranch in Mexico. The pattern contains mostly reddish-purple banding with more dark red banding toward the center. Several yellow bands stand out in sharp contrast to the darker red ones making this an outstanding specimen. This specimen was also featured in the article "A Lifetime of Agate", which was published in the November 2009 issue of Rock & Gem Magazine.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 7"
Height: 3.5"
Weight: 1.9 Lbs

This specimen was mined by The Gem Shop Inc. from the Agua Nueva claim on the Agua Nueva ranch in Mexico. The pattern begins with green and orange moss around the outer edge. The banding consists mostly of varying shades of purple, though the contrasting black, yellow, and white bands are what really holds the eye with this specimen.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 3.75"
Height: 3"
Weight: .2 Lbs

This end-cut was mined by The Gem Shop Inc. from the Agua Nueva claim on the Agua Nueva ranch in Mexico. It has light purple, black, orange, and red coloration, and includes a small area of reddish-orange moss along with some light green moss on the outer edges. The other half of this gorgeous specimen is owned by Brad Cross.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 3.5"
Height: 3"
Weight: 1.2 Lbs

This vein agate specimen was mined in the late 1990’s from the Mi Sueño Claim in Mexico. It has light bule, light purple, reddish-purple, and light to dark yellow banding with a number of beautiful tube formations. Also, an open druzy pocket can be seen on the left hand side and some dark reddish-orange (brown) moss can be seen on the upper portion of the specimen.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen pair
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 4.75"
Height: 2.25"
Weight: 1.4 Lbs

This specimen was mined in 2008 from the Agua Nueva claim on the Agua Nueva Ranch in Mexico. The outer rim of the pattern on each polished face begins with a translucent gray-blue band followed by some fine red-purple banding. Then a thick black band is followed by alternating dark and light red orange bands. The center of the specimen consists primarily of alternating translucent gray and white bands with a few very light red (pink) bands.


Owner: Eugene Mueller

Agua Nueva Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: 4.5"
Height: 2.25"
Weight: .8 Lbs

This specimen was mined in 2008 from the Agua Nueva claim on the Agua Nueva Ranch in Mexico. The strong white, and yellow bands stand out among the light reddish purple and dark orange bands that also color this specimen.


Owner: Brad Cross

Laguna Agate Specimen
Flat Polished Surface
Width: ##"
Height: ##.##"
Weight: ### Lbs

This fine banded Laguna Agate is from the Alianza claim. It is predominantly an intense red color with one bright white band. It was featured in The Gem Shop 2005 Calendar of Fine Agate and Jaspers for the month of February. The sunny tube formation break the fortification banding into three distinct thumb-prints.



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