Celebration of Agates-A Giant Venue

Taken from the running track above the show.

Nice assortment of Petrified wood.

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The Celebration of Agates opened at noon with a rush of customers standing in line anticipating all the goodies enclosed in this giant gym. All the dealers here were invited to participate, so the best agate dealers from around the world are here, especially popular are the Lake Superior Agates, the State Stone of Minnesota.

Kentucky Agate-gotta love the red & black.

One of Scott Wolter's Lakers. This one maybe three pounds?

The Lindbergh Center is huge! There’s a 1/8 mile track around the top of this facility. All the display cases are filled with wonderful agate displays. The tables are piled heavily with rock goodies, rough, slabs, jewelry, and specimens. If you have the cash you can score big time. I am actually blogging from the show as the crowds have thinned at 6:15pm. The show closes at 7pm, and I believe that the big crowds will come tomorrow.

More huge Wolter' Lakers.

The only things I captured today were a slab of Luna Agate, a small Moroccan Agate, and a new pinpoint metal detector. I am sitting across from Scott Wolter’s booth, and he is busy signing his wonderful books on Lake Superior Agates and his new book on the Kensington Ruin Stones.

Scott brought probably the most fantastic Lake Superior Agate collection in the world. He has filled three cases with BIG agates. Picture all of them over a pound, with one named the “Bowling Ball Agate”, that is as big as a bowling ball at 15 pounds!

Brian Costigan's rock pile.

The display cases were arranged down the center of the Lindbergh Center. They were all wonderful and amazing.Other Lake Superior Agates were displayed by Brian Costigan and others. Bonnie and I took photos for you.