A Rare Purple Agate found on the Central Oregon Coast

Purple agate is a rare find here on the coast.

Congratulations to our new resident beach comber Darrel who  last night shared his purple agate found here on the Oregon Coast at the Oregon Coast Agate Club meeting.

Agate Polished to Reveal Flower Images Within It!

Here are the finished pieces made into pendants.

Kelly & Jerry of  Gleneden Beach, Oregon were in to get their tumbling grit yesterday.  They found this sard agate last winter and polished it to find it exhibits a lovely double  floral pattern within.  That was a beautiful job of polishing this agate folks.

Present Day Great White Sharks Tooth

Congratulations to Ken of Neotsu Oregon, who just discovered this rare find of a present day 1¾" Great White Sharks Tooth, here on the Central Oregon Coast.

The serrations have been worn down indicating that it has been in the sand for quite some time, but still a spectacular find.

Complete Wolly Mammoth Tooth Found

This is a very rare find for here on the Oregon Coast. This fossil tooth was actually found here on the central Oregon coast a couple of years ago and I finally had a chance to get a photo of Craig's wonderful beach combing find. It weighs close to 5 pounds, and appears to be that of an adult complete sixth tooth (due to the size of it). Congratulations to Craig on this magnificent find.

Through research it has been stated that elephants were plentiful in North America, and their fossils have been found in many states. However complete teeth are rarely found, more frequently would be individual plates or partial teeth.

Editors note: The top photo is the actual tooth showing the washboard effect. The lower image shows the bottom of the tooth that would have been below the gum.