The agate-finding location Balmerino is situated at the Tay. Collectors can find at this place besides the conventional fine-banded agates very interesting mossy-agates.

“...Agates are found along the shore near Balmerino in the beach gravel. Agates are typically small and white or red/brown colors. They are not very plentiful. The one large agate I found there ( 03 ) was quite exceptional in its size...” according to personal communication with Alexander Cooper

More informations about scottish agates are given in Dr.H.G. Macpherson´s book “agates” (published by the British Museum (Natural History) and the National Museums of Scotland).

You can find more informations about scottish agates on the following webpages:

Chris Harlows webpage about scottish agates

Nick Crawfords webpage scotsagate

H.Currie Minerals of Scotland