Color:  Lake Superior Agate can range in color from a light to dark salmon or coral color with alternating bands of white or light yellow.  Colorless inclusions of quartz are often present.

Texture:  Fine grain

Luster:  Waxy

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:

Patina:

Heat Treatment: 

Knapping:  Average to moderate flaking quality
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Lake Superior Agate is associated with the Nebraska - Archean System of Michigan.  Primarily found as pebbles and few larger cobbles along Thunder Bay,