Marquette Lake Superior Agate Ring Copper Replacement Agate This is not a mass-produced

This is not a mass-produced setting or pre-fabricated mount

including a small but distinct area of copper banding

Although commonly referred to as “slag glass

but even at this level it remains unpredictable to work with

controlled failure risk

Marquette Lake Superior Agate Ring Copper Replacement Agate This is not a mass-producedThis material is collected from a very limited number of shoreline locations in the Upper Peninsula region of Lake Superior. One of the primary collecting areas has been lost to shoreline erosion, and another is now seasonally buried under shifting sand, significantly reducing reliable access to fresh material. As a result, the usable yield from field recovery is extremely low. The majority of nodules found in these areas are not suitable for lapidary