{"product_id":"untitled-jul25_22-30-05","title":"Kilo of All-Natural Sustainably mined Aguascalientes Fire Agate Mixed batch direct from mine","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExperience the full spectrum of fire agate with our mixed kilos(2.2lbs) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA true kilo from our own claim in the Sierra Fría highlands of Aguascalientes — fire agate including main-vein pieces, plus thundereggs, botryoidals, and commercial grade pieces. Mined in Mexico and processed in the US. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is what the mine actually produces, sorted by hand and packed to a standard: \u003cstrong\u003eevery kilo carries a solid portion of quality fire agate, including main-vein material.\u003c\/strong\u003e The rest is the good company it keeps underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eAt a Glance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eFire agate (incl. main-vein) + thundereggs + associated volcanic rough\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMaria Edith Mine · Sierra Fría, Aguascalientes, MX\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLot weight\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e1 kilogram (2.2 lbs), hand-sorted\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuality floor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eGuaranteed portion of top-grade fire agate in every kilo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e6.5–7 Mohs (chalcedony family)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTreatment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNone.\u003c\/strong\u003e Never dyed, heated, coated, oiled, or stabilized\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFire colors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eRed, orange, gold, green, blue, violet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBonus features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eSagenite sprays · uncut thundereggs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips from\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eArizona (primary) · San Diego County, CA\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eWhat's Actually in the Kilo\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuality fire agate — a guaranteed portion.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every lot is sorted to include a meaningful amount of top-grade cutting material. This isn't a lucky-dip where you might get one good piece. There's a floor, and we hold it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMain-vein fire agate.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pieces pulled from the primary producing seam — not weathered surface float. More on why that matters below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThundereggs.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unremarkable on the outside, unknown on the inside until you cut them. Formed in the same rhyolitic volcanics as the fire agate, these nodules can open to agate banding, chalcedony, jasper, or crystal-lined pockets. Mexico is one of the world's great thunderegg regions, and these come out of our ground alongside the agate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAssociated volcanic rough.\u003c\/strong\u003e The rest of what the deposit gives up. Material to practice orientation on, to slab, to experiment with — and occasionally to be surprised by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"ml-2 border-l-4 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.1)] pl-4 text-text-300\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003ehis is a mixed mine lot, we also offer hand-picked top-grade cabbing rough. Those are different products at very different prices. What we guarantee is the quality floor and the main-vein content — not that every piece is a showstopper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eWhy Main-Vein Material Matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNot all fire agate from a deposit is equal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSurface and float material has weathered out of its host rock — sun-exposed, frost-cracked, knocked loose over time, often with the outermost fire layers already compromised before anyone picks it up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMain-vein material comes from the primary producing seam, still protected in matrix. Intact botryoidal skins. Continuous fire layers underneath. That's what you want under a saw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMany times, the rare colored flashes are embedded in the sugar-like formations surrounding the fire agate, the main-vein pieces are known for their rare inclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe guarantee main-vein pieces in every kilo\u003c\/strong\u003e — and we can guarantee it because we're the ones who took it out of the ground. A reseller cannot make this claim about a lot they bought from someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eWhy Sierra Fría Fire Agate Is Different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe rare end of the color spectrum.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fire agate's iridescence comes from thin-film interference — microscopic layers of iron oxide between layers of silica, the same physics that colors a soap bubble. Layer thickness determines color. Most fire agate worldwide runs red, orange, and gold. Our Aguascalientes material regularly produces the short-wavelength colors — \u003cstrong\u003egreen, blue, and violet\u003c\/strong\u003e — that most deposits simply don't make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSagenite.\u003c\/strong\u003e Select pieces carry sagenitic needle sprays frozen inside the chalcedony. Cut right, you get fire \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e structure in one stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA geographically tiny supply.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fire agate forms in only a narrow band of Tertiary volcanic geology across the American Southwest and north-central Mexico. That's the entire world supply. With classic Arizona localities like Deer Creek largely worked out, Aguascalientes has become one of the most important remaining sources of quality rough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eWhy Buy Direct From the Mine\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe are not a reseller.\u003c\/strong\u003e We own the claim, we run the dig, we do the sorting, and we cut this material ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWe sort our own production.\u003c\/strong\u003e The quality floor and main-vein guarantee are things only a mine operator can promise and actually keep.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFirst-pass selection.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most kilo lots on the open market have been high-graded two or three times before a customer sees them. Ours haven't.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSorted by cutters, not by weight.\u003c\/strong\u003e Our lots are assembled by people who cab fire agate for a living.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle-source provenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e One named mine, one region — not a \"mixed Mexican lot\" of unknown origin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo customs surprises.\u003c\/strong\u003e We import and process it; you buy domestically and ship domestically.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReal support.\u003c\/strong\u003e Questions about orientation, saw approach, or where the fire layer sits? Ask us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eWho This Is For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLapidary artists who want volume and variety from a single authentic source\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eCutters learning fire agate who need real material to develop on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThunderegg cutters and slabbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSilversmiths and electroformers sourcing one-of-a-kind stones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eRock shops and resellers buying wholesale rough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAnyone who'd rather open a box from a mine than a box from a warehouse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot for you if\u003c\/strong\u003e you want only premium hand-selected cabbing rough with no mixed material. We sell that separately — message us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mused Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45403902181445,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/6531\/5909\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_8c3ff81e-4ee4-47b2-b135-0e2b1bcdbf7d.jpg?v=1785434532","url":"https:\/\/museddesigns.com\/products\/untitled-jul25_22-30-05","provider":"Mused Designs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}