Agates from Europe

他のヨーロッパ諸国でメノウの産地として特に有名なところは無いが、イタリアでは時々良質なものが採れるようだ。ここに紹介するレスボス島のメノウは特に質の良いものではないが、Agateという呼び名はアリストテレスと同時代のギリシアの哲学者であり、レスボス島出身のテオフラストスが付けたものとされているので、「由緒正しいメノウ」とでもいえるだろうか。

 

These agates are from my personal collection. Not for sale.
 

Agate
Trestia, Rumania
81mm x 50mm x 30mm
Agate
Trestia, Rumania
60mm x 30mm x 23mm
Agate
Cluj-Napoca
58mm x 52mm x 22mm

Agate
Kurdjali, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
30mm x 30mm x 30mm
Agate
Lesbos, Greece
small pebbles
Agate
Teis, Southern Tyrol, Italy
36mm x 25mm x 25mm
Agate
the Igna River,Vicenza province, Italy
65mm x 45mm x 10mm

Agate
Rowne, Ukraine
125mm x 37mm x 40mm

IDZHEVAN
Armenia
68mm x 45mm x 13mm
Idzhevan
Armenia
110mm x 65mm

Hankavan, Yerevan
Armenia
80mm x 80mm x 56mm
IDZHEVAN
Armenia
41mm x 30mm x 10mm
Agate
Kazreti, Kavkaz - Georgia
135mm x117mm x mm
Agate
Kazreti, Kavkaz - Georgia
80mm x 69mm x mm
Agate
Kazreti, Kavkaz - Georgia
0mm x 0mm x 0mm
Agate
Kamenec village, East Rhodope Mountain,
Bulgaria
63mm x41mm x 20mm
Agate
Momchilgrad, East Rhodope Mountain
Bulgaria
44mm x 22mm x12 mm
Agate
Momchilgrad, East Rhodope Mountain
Bulgaria
55mm x 40mm x 16mm
Agate
Unknown Location,
Bulgaria
63mm x45mm x 20mm
Agate
Sredna Arda
Bulgaria
90mm x 55mm x28mm
Agate
"Orpheus agate"
Bulgaria
84mm x 30mm x 40mm
 
Agate
Unknown Location,
Iceland
35mm x28mm
Chalcedony
Cliffs of Cantablia,
Spain
50mm x 30mm