Entre Rios  Agate Specimens

In the northern area of Argentina, along its eastern border, runs the River Uruguay which is the border between those two countries. The gravels of this river contain many agates of poor quality. The exciting part about these agates is that every now and then, washed down with all the low grade agates, comes an agate of exquisite quality from a source which is still unknown to the world! These are the rare and desirable agates we present here.

What should these agates be called? They were first called 'Black River Agate' to mislead people into thinking they were from Rio Negro 500 miles to the south. I think such a misleading name should be  dropped. They have more recently been called 'Gravel Pit Agate' for the gravel pits along the Argentinian side of the Uruguay river which provide the easiest prospecting. They have also been called 'Entre Rios Agate' for the province in Argentina where the gravel beds occur. The last two names apply only to the Argentinian side. I think the agates from the Uruguayan side, should they become available, should be able to share the same name, so I vote for and will use the name ‘River Agate'. I like the name 'Rio Uruguay Agate' because 'River Agate' is so vague, but the source for most of the specimens we see is Argentina and so we have the problem that the actual name of the river itself refers to the other side of the river! What do you recommend?