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Global marble trade shifts as agate demand drops
Heatherington notes U S exports of glass agates with 25 carloads to South America since WWII and five to six carloads to Belgium for Europe. Domestic use wanes as youths gather less and industry and road sign production rise, supplying agates for lithography, textures, spawning tanks, highway markers and even oil well torpedo applications.
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