Marquette Lake Superior Agate Ring Copper Replacement Agate internal stress lines

internal stress lines

Although commonly referred to as “slag glass

paired with a hand-carved morel mushroom sculpture integrated directly into the ring design

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

controlled failure risk

Marquette Lake Superior Agate Ring Copper Replacement Agate internal stress linesThis 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