We are a home based business and enjoy creating unique jewelry items. We personally cut, grind and polish all our own fire agate. All the fire agate we have comes from a mine we owned at Deer Creek Arizona, back in the 70's, which is now worked out and closed. So there will be no more agate of this quality after we finish what we have, except some people who buy and store as much Deer Creek Fire Agate that they can get their hands on. We occasionally incorporate other types of stones and cabochons such as turquoise in our silver work.

Most or our jewelry is hand designed, some smaller pieces are put in precast ornate silver mountings with custom fit matching stones, and special orders are gladly accepted. If you have a favorite stone, that you want mounted in a pendant setting, we will be glad to work up some drawing samples for you to chose from. Or you can submit your own drawing.

What is Fire Agate? Fire Agate is not a well-known gem. It has colors that are brighter and sometimes more beautiful than opal. With a hardness of 7 there is a far less risk of cracking, fading or easily scratching these stones. This variety of silica is generally formed by volcanic activity.

Fire Agate stones were formed when volcanic steam saturated with colloidal silica, iron oxide and other trace minerals invade cavities, cracks and crevices in regular rock below the earth's surface. As the solutions began to precipitate and grow, layers of silica, iron oxide as well as other trace minerals would be deposited depending on the relative level of those elements in solution and underlying conditions. These alternating silica, iron oxide and other mineral layers (Schiller layers) cause the brilliant fire in the gem. As iron oxide and other trace minerals ran out in the solution colorless chalcedony continued to grow.

Small Note: After working the mine and grinding agate for over 30 years, I consider myself an authority on this subject. Every stone is cut, and worked out of the rough to the polished stone by me, Leon Hughes.

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