Recently, I’ve been cutting a few Amethyst-included Lake Superior Agates. I love the beauty of this variety of Lakers.
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Most of the time the Amethyst is a pocket surrounded by banded agate. On rare occasions there may be Amethyst with an island of Lake Superior Agate floating in the Amethyst. These are very scarce and are called Amethyst “Floaters”.
I found a very odd Laker counting Amethyst and translucent yellow quartz (almost like Opal). If the Amethyst had been combined with Citrine, you could call it Ametrine. This was something different; yellow with Amethyst. I named it Ame-banana, and called the finished pendant “Are-Banana.
Ame-banana
I show you the finished pendant as well as the before picture of the agate. You should know by now that Lake Superior Agates are my favorite stones and this one is a favorite of favorites.
An example of a rear Amethyst Floater.
Amethyst inside of a fortification Laker.