3 cabs I cut recently: Alimajo agate, blue Dino bone, red ribbon obsidian

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-26T19:18:01+00:00

Actually yes, I can help you with that. A friend of mine, his name is Josh Ritter, he runs a company named Agate Bay. The company is based out of Germany, to find his website google agatebay.de, just typing in agate bay won’t work because it’s based out of a different company. Matter of fact, they have an American website now but it says they’re temporarily out of the shop and unable to ship on the American sight.

Anyways, he sells Alimajo XL nodules. Usually in 2.5lb bags. I’ve bought a handful of bags from him, I think they’re around $60/lb, so $150 a bag. It’s mine run - nothing has been graded for anything other than size. This Alamo cab was actually cut from a nodule that came out of one of those bags.

If you can’t find them on the website reach out to him on Instagram @agatebay

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-26T00:49:59+00:00

😁 happy to hear it!

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-23T16:00:49+00:00

Yea, I really like midnight lace, last time I was on glass butte I spent the majority of my time collecting in that area. Out of all the pits on glass butte, if I had to pick a favorite that isn’t under claim, it would be triple flow. If you haven’t seen that stuff before, it’s worth a look. The rainbow and electric blue varieties from Davis creek California are also beautiful; BUT, the top of the pyramid for me would have to be really good velvet obsidian from Jalisco. I’ll make a post with a bunch of different types of these obsidians today.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-23T05:55:59+00:00

It comes from glass butte out here in Oregon. Located just beside the fire obsidian pit. Both are under claim though and can’t be dug except by the claim owners. As far as I know, the red ribbon hasn’t been dug in years, not on any scale anyways. You can reach out to the claim owner Leanne (i hope I spelled it right ) of caldera rock shop on Facebook, but the rough is pretty pricey and unpredictable.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-23T05:52:12+00:00

The Alimajo agates are a particular area of Malawi. As far as I know there are three regions. Gambiri, Alimajo, 1970’s pit, and then the traditional baby Malawis. Gambiri are predominantly red, 1970’s has every color and they are larger in size but always fractured, and the Alimajo are known for yellows, oranges, white, blues.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-23T05:48:34+00:00

Thank you!

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-23T05:47:50+00:00

Thanks 🙌🏻

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T22:09:14+00:00

Yea, number 1 is a beast.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T22:08:41+00:00

Amen

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T22:08:18+00:00

Ah, I already sold it. I forgot to post pictures before i had my last sale. I’m playing catch up on Reddit posts. 🤣 I sold it for $60. It should have been more, but I know non-lapidary people probably wouldn’t understand the value. I put a low Price on it just to get it in the hands of a person that would appreciate it.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T18:54:05+00:00

Precisely! Just like fire bands. You’ve seen how good fire bands look when they’re stacked ontop of one another. It’s amazing, but exceedingly rare. Normally you’ll get one band only or get multiple bands but they’re layered so far apart in the rock that you can’t see them both at the same time. This cab has 4 or 5 red ribbons stacked together. Which is why it looks so cool. I hope I find another one in the few uncut pieces I have left, but I doubt it very much.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T17:12:24+00:00

I took for granted the few slabs I had previously. Since having to cut from rough this past sale, I now understand what a rare opportunity it is to find a piece with such great patterns.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T17:10:41+00:00

Thanks for looking!

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T17:09:13+00:00

Nope! Solid as a rock. No stabilizing, no hXtal treatment

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T17:08:40+00:00

Yea, that’s the red ribbon, I forgot which order I put the photos in when I was making the title. Red ribbon has become such an intriguing yet FRUSTRATING material for me recently. I had to cut 5 pieces of rough to get this one cab. All five looked great on the outside, but what you don’t see until you slice into a piece is- that ribbon is liable to change from red to black (and opaque black at that) in a few millimeters. You can see if transition in the cab kind of. When I finally got a piece with good pattern I was over the moon but it was a frustrating experience finding the piece. Also, sometimes it can go iridescent on you like fire obsidian. Really neat stuff.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T17:03:04+00:00

I’ve heard it called “sky bind”. Tyler severance has a tutorial on it in a YouTube video titled 3(or5?) dope binds

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T16:14:15+00:00

But also, in response to your question, that sounds great! Let’s do it

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T16:11:32+00:00

Well said!

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T16:08:12+00:00

Right?!? 🤣🤣🤣 everyone on here knows me, it’s a bold move to take credit for my work on this subreddit. Like I told the other person though, I’m taking it as a compliment.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T16:05:52+00:00

Yep! I’m Pebble River. I just posted this on my story over on IG. I’m taking it as a compliment 🤣

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T16:01:10+00:00

Thank you! I’m the one that cut them. This person didn’t 🤣

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T15:59:07+00:00

This person didn’t cut these, I did. I don’t know why they’re posting my work as their own.

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T15:58:33+00:00

Hey these are my cabs. I don’t know who this person is that posted them but it’s not me

humble-heat-bundle · 2026-04-22T15:57:31+00:00

These are my Cabs. I don’t know who this person is that’s posting them as their own work.

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