Paradise Beach Eye Agates

(Last Modified November 26, 2011)


Agate ID: agate_002
Weight 0.2oz. 7/8" x 5/8" x 1/2". My Mom found this eye popper on Paradise Beach after I apparently stepped over it. It's our best agate eye ever. The Amethyst on the back side gives this eye a bluish tint in the white ring.
Agate ID: agate_005
Weight 0.1oz. 1/2" x 1/2" x 3/8". Hard white with mustard. Fortication and eyes. Small, but, a deadly combination.
Agate ID: agate_007
Weight 0.1oz. 3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8". Nice purple with 5/16" eye. Some quartz exposure on the back side, but, the beauty of the eye makes this a keeper.
Agate ID: agate_027
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 3/8" x 3/8". A nice agate eye. The large eye is 3/8". There are seven little satellite eyes about 1/16" each.
Agate ID: agate_039
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 1/2" x 3/8". A quality eye through and through. Natural.
Agate ID: agate_043
Weight 0.2oz. 7/8" x 1/2" x 1/2". "The Acorn". Perfectly shaped and nicely balanced nodule. Interesting position of the eye.
Agate ID: agate_047
Weight 0.2oz. 1" x 5/8" x 5/8". Here's a sexy agate. Natural. The eye is face polished.
Agate ID: agate_048
Weight 0.2oz. 1" x 5/8" x 1/2". The subtle eye on this white nodule is grade A. Although this stone may look quartzy on the inside, it is high grade agate. A beautiful natural shape and balance.
Agate ID: agate_050
Weight 0.2oz. 3/4" x 5/8" x 1/2". An incredible mustard. The blue eye is outstanding.
Agate ID: agate_052
Weight 0.1oz. 1/2" x 1/2" x 3/8". Beautiful eye. The bright eye has been face polished. The other principal eye is natural with a crater. The back side has been face polished.
Agate ID: agate_053
Weight 0.3oz. 1 1/8" x 5/8" x 1/2". Nice purple nodule with eye. Unique shape.
Agate ID: agate_060
Weight 0.1oz. 3/4" x 5/8" x 1/2". Four unique groupings of eyes, two snowmen, a solo, and cluster.
Agate ID: agate_061
Weight 0.2oz. 1" x 5/8" x 3/8". Pretty natural bean. Many eyes, uniquely different.
Agate ID: agate_066
Weight 0.1oz. 3/4" x 1/2" x 1/2". An eye on each side make this mustard unique.
Agate ID: agate_068
Weight 0.2oz. 3/4" x 5/8" x 5/8". This is a quartz filled nodule with transparent green husk with four eyes under the surface, the largest eye is 3/8" diameter. Very unique and of good quality. My Mom found this stone and gave it to me as a gift.
Agate ID: agate_069
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 1/2" x 1/2". There is a very subtle submerged eye inside this beauty. Face polished.
Agate ID: agate_101
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 1/2" x 1/2". Sold. Pretty polished with 40-50 small but distinctive eyes.
Agate ID: agate_108
Weight 0.1oz. 3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8". A very clean and nicely balanced nodule with a well positioned 1/4" eye. There's a small white eye on the end.
Agate ID: agate_110
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 5/8" x 1/2". Outstanding eyes. The different rates at which the quartz, red agate and white eyes are eroding makes the eyes stand our more. Natural.
Agate ID: agate_111
Weight 0.2oz. 7/8" x 5/8" x 1/2". Sold. Nice contrasting agate eyes. Polished.
Agate ID: agate_112
Weight 0.1oz. 3/4" x 3/8" x 1/4". Pretty little polished oval with a 1/4" agate eye.
Agate ID: agate_113
Weight 0.1oz. 3/4" x 3/8" x 1/4". Nice little oval with two eyes. Natural.
Agate ID: agate_115
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 1/2" x 3/8". Nicely shaped and balanced purple with no flaws. The two large eyes span a total of 1/2". Several smaller eyes.
Agate ID: agate_133
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 1/2" x 3/8". Sold. Pretty polished white agate eye. The largest eye is 1/4" and is floating in quartz.
Agate ID: agate_147
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 5/8" x 5/16". Sold. Two eyes measure about 1/8" and the other 3/16". This stone reminds me of agate_002 with amythest interior and greenish husk.
Agate ID: agate_149
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 1/2" x 3/16". A natural small 3/16" agate eye. Very pretty and well balanced.
Agate ID: agate_150
Weight 0.2oz. 3/4" x 1/2" x 1/2". Sold. This purple has three 3/16" eyes which are all similar in appearance. The crater is filled with micro-crystals.
Agate ID: agate_152
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 1/2" x 3/8". This is a complete nodule, likely quartz filled, with a pretty 3/16" eye.
Agate ID: agate_158
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 5/8" x 3/8". Sold. The three amigos. I love the three darker eyes hangin' out together. In total, there are 15 small eyes on this Paradise Beach agate. Each eye is 1/16" or larger, but, smaller than 1/8". The quartz side has been face polished.
Agate ID: agate_160
Weight 0.2oz. 3/4" x 5/8" x 5/8". Sold. Kinda looks like a Simpson's character. The quartz exposure on the bottom has been rough faced. The stone is off-balance, but, the side-by-side eyes are interesting nonetheless.
Agate ID: agate_161
Weight 0.2oz. 3/4" x 5/8" x 5/8". Sold. A brilliant eye with two-thirds left to the imagination. The bold part of the eye will measure 3/8" when fully exposed. The outer pink rings bring the diameter near 1/2". The light pink husk on this eye is unusual and seems Thompsonite-like.
Agate ID: agate_169
Weight 0.1oz. 11/16" x 9/16" x 7/16". Top rated nodule with 3/8" eye. I couldn't help myself and decided to sand the eye to bring it out some. The last two photos show the before and after.
Agate ID: agate_170
Weight 0.1oz. 11/16" x 5/8" x 1/2". A very pleasant (flawless) nodule with a floating 5/16" white eye.
Agate ID: agate_171
Weight 0.1oz. 5/8" x 1/2" x 3/8". What a gem! The bottom has been worked some.
Agate ID: agate_189
Weight 7 grams. 7/8" x 3/4" x 5/8". Two large eyes are partially concealed in the artwork of this agate, with an interesting splotch of red to boot.
Agate ID: agate_190
Weight 3 grams. 3/4" x 5/8" x 1/2". Small, but, deadly. In our week-long 2006 agate hunt, this one triumphed as 'Most Beautiful'.
Agate ID: agate_191
Weight 2 grams. 5/8" x 1/2" x 1/2". A respectable agate eye - slightly polished to reveal the eye.
Agate ID: agate_192
Weight 8 grams.
5/8" x 3/4" x 3/4". Super eye! Some weakness (quartz crystals) and imbalance on the back side. Sanded in parts.
Agate ID: agate_202
Weight 4 grams.
3/8" x 5/8" x 7/8". Beautiful eye and stone! Natural.
Agate ID: agate_205
Weight 1.5 grams.
1/4" x 3/8" x 5/8". Small, but, nice. Agate eye. Natural.
Agate ID: agate_271
Weight 1 gram.
3/8" x 1/2" x 5/8". Twenty five pin-point precion eyes on this nicely shaped and balanced 'blue'. Only lacking a bit more luster. Fine tubes exist near the dark patch.
Agate ID: agate_283
Weight 6 grams.
1/2" x 5/8" x 7/8". Often when a classic Paradise Beach nodule is face polished, small eyes are exposed. This particular nodule is quartz filled and eyes seemingly float on top of the quartz center.