The history and the beauty of agates

Agate is a semi-transparent quartz, chalcedony inclusions composed of bands. Physical properties of agate are usually those of quartz.

Agate is found in all colors of the rainbow ranging from colorless to yellow, brown, purple and pink. It also comes in blue and green, but these colors are quite rare.

cryptocrystalline quartz often displays exotic color bands, swirls, and other reasons.

The agate comes from the Greek "Agateeq" which means happy. Agate is the birthstone for May Ayurveda, the Hebrew birthstone for May, the Roman birthstone for May, the June birthstone Arabic, Birth stone mystic September.

Solar-signs (Zodiac) for Aquarius, the Zodiac birthstone for Gemini, the talismanic birthstone of the scale, and the sun sign (Zodiac) for Capricorn.

Moss Agate is also the anniversary stone for the 14th Years of marriage.

Agate's history is more than fossils, it is a cultural landscape that has evolved over millions of years and reflects many taps, the first mammals in the valleys of the United Nations roams nomadic plains.

Later, the stories follow the lives of the American West, which includes stories on agate.

Shopping can be traced back to the Stone Age in France from 20.000 to 16.000 BC. The Egyptians used before 3000 BC. Agate was appreciated very much with ancient civilizations, as they say, invisible to the carrier.

During the 1880s, to rediscover what the Lakota Sioux and other scientists already knew agate. With the help of James Cook and Kate, the complex interactions between weather, mammals and the land would be studied by scientific field teams.

Agate has a hardness of 7 However, there will always chip and crack rather easily. It is important to protect the agate from scratches, sharp blows, sudden temperature changes, household products such as bleach or detergent.

Agate has healing properties. Because it is a cooling stone, it reduces fever, thirst, and in the abdominal area of benefit. Agate to calm and slow pulse and heartbeat.

It is said to ensure good health with a long and prosperous life combined. It is also said that Agate has mystical powers.

These carry or wear agate will be protected against the danger will become wise, will be able to see with clarity and see the world with a broad perspective.

Agate is said to cure insomnia and ensure pleasant dreams.

Agate is a very low cost, with the exception of some varieties with unusual markings and stripes on stage.

Agate is found all over the world, including Brazil, Nepal, Mexico, Africa, Egypt, Germany, India and Asia. It is also found in the U.S., and Montana Agate beginning to be recognized in the jewelry world.