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Agates bring stability into your life!
Color: Agate comes in most colors. Agates range from transparent to
opaque in a variety of beautiful colors. It presents various tints in the same specimen. The stones are sometimes stained
to produce combinations of colors more vivid than those found in the natural state.
Description:
SiO2 Agate is a semipellucid crystalised quartz, consisting of banded or with branching inclusions of chalcedony/calcedony.
Physical properties of agate are in general those of quartz. Agate has irregular,sometimes circular bands of color and sometimes
replaces fossil wood. Agates are identical in chemical structure to 'jasper', 'flint', 'bloodstone'
and tigers eye and are often found in association with 'opal'.
Birthstone: Agate is the
birthstone of Taurus(Bull) April 20-May 20.
Wedding Anniversary: Agate is the anniversary
gemstone of the 12th year of marriage
History of the stone: Agate was discovered with the Stone
Age man in France 20,000-16,000 B.C. The Egyptians used it prior to 3000 BC.
Healing ability:
Agate is a cooling stone. It reduces fever, quenches thirst, is beneficial in the stomach area. It quiets the pulse and heart
and ensures good health and a long prosperous life.
Mystical Power: Agate guards against danger.
Agate is believed to cure insomnia and to ensure pleasant dreams.
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