Agate - The Medicine Stone of BalanceAgate is a balance stone to use in most rituals. Agate will focus your concentration during a ritual. Agate is a powerful protection stone also,especially for children. Never tell a lie in a room with an agate, as the lie will come back on you. Soak an agate in lily of the valley oil for 3 hours, pat it dry and give it to someone you suspect of not telling the truth. The person will feel compelled to tell the truth. 
Chakra:Heart. Numerology:Vibrates to the number 1 Astrology Association:Sign of Virgo - Elemental. Birthstone:June Physical Properties of AgateAgates are bright colorful stones; (chalcedony) associated with volcanic rock but can also be found in metamorphic rocks. They range in color from white to black but are most often found in shades of red. Some agates are commercially heated and dyed to enhance their natural colors.
Agates are found all over the world and each has very specific qualities, and will be listed individually, as time allows.
The broad category of agates also includes stones with value beyond agate because of their unique clearness such as carnelian or their reflective nature, like tigereye. Some agates are given names like moss agate because of their inclusions.
Agates foster love, truthfulness, courage, bravery, strength, abundance, wealth, good luck, longevity, acceptance, protection, balance, harmony, generosity, security, persuasiveness, agreeability, congeniality, compatibility, creativity, and are associated with acquiring wealth. Colors of Agate:This quartz, belonging to the Chalcedony family, comes in a wide range of colors with many names, and is often variegated and banded. It can be found in shades of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, many shades of brown, white and black, rose pink, or nearly clear. Kinds of Agate: A Mexican agate, showing only a single eye, has received the name of cyclops agate. Included matter of a green, golden, red, black or other color or combinations embedded in the chalcedony and disposed in filaments and other forms suggestive of vegetable growth, gives rise to dendritic agates called moss agate.
Dendritic agates have fern like patterns in them formed due to the presence of manganese and iron oxides. Other types of included matter deposited during agate-building include sagenitic growths (radial mineral crystals) and chunks of entrapped detritus (such as sand, ash, or mud). Occasionally agate fills a void left by decomposed vegetative material such as a tree limb or root and is called limb cast agate due to its appearance.
Turritella agate is formed from silicified fossil Elimia tenera (erroneously considered Turritella) shells. E. tenera are spiral marine gastropods having elongated, spiral shells composed of many whorls. Similarly, coral, petrified wood and other organic remains or porous rocks can also become agatized. Agatized coral is often referred to as Petoskey stone or Petoskey agate.
Greek agate is a name given to pale white to tan colored agate found in Sicily back to 400 B.C. The Greeks used it for making jewelry and beads. Today any agate of this color from Sicily, once an ancient Greek colony, is called Greek agate. Yet the stone had been around centuries before that and was known to both the Sumerians and the Egyptians, who used the gem for decoration and religious ceremony.
Another type of agate is Brazilian agate, which is found as sizable geodes of layered nodules. These occur in brownish tones interlayered with white and gray. Quartz forms within these nodules, creating a striking specimen when cut opposite the layered growth axis. It is often dyed in various colors for ornamental purposes.
Certain stones, when examined in thin sections by transmitted light, show a diffraction spectrum due to the extreme delicacy of the successive bands, so they are called rainbow agates. Often agate coexists with layers or masses of opal, jasper or crystalline quartz due to ambient variations during the formation process. Other forms of agate include Lake Superior agate, carnelian agate (usually exhibiting reddish hues), Botswana agate, Ellensburg blue agate, blue lace agate, which can also be dyed other colors, plume agates, tube agate (with visible flow channels), fortification agate (which exhibit little or no layered structure), fire agate (which seems to glow internally like an opal) and Mexican crazy-lace agate (which exhibits an often brightly colored, complex banded pattern) also called Rodeo Agate and Rosetta Stone, depending on who owned the mine at the time. Moss Agate - Due to its associations with nature, Moss Agate fosters feelings of expansion, freedom, and space, the same feelings you experience when you go for a walk along streams, the beach, or thru the woods. Draws new friends. Relieves exhaustion and heals problems with the neck and back. Blood sugar, anorexia/food issues, lymph nodes. Balances emotions. Moss Agate: Gardening: Because of its association with Nature and the Earth, Moss Agate is particularity useful to gardeners. Wear your Agate necklace, pendant, or bracelet while tending your garden. Ancient traditions say that placing Agates in your garden will make you flowers brighter, and increase the yield in vegetable gardens. Walking thru the village, you would see Agate nuggets tied with strings and hanging from branches over the garden, and larger stones set on the ground. So if you are of the mind to create a rock garden, make sure to add Agates to your list! Picture Agate: Gaze into for meditation. L/Rt. brain balance. Pineal, pituitary; coordination. Blue Lace: This stone helps one to reach high spiritual places through patience and peace. Associated with hope, unity, cleansing, harmony, protection, optimism, positive thinking, smooth energy flow, joy, truth, purification and promptness. Makes us more easygoing. MEXICAN LACE AGATE is said to lift depression. PINK LACE AGATE increases friendliness and happiness. WHITE LACE AGATE attunes us to our highest mind and to the Creator. BOTSWANA AGATE A banded agate promoting protection, fertility, sensuality, sexuality, passion, artistic expression and emotional comfort. Crazy Lace: Aids with energy lows. Relieves emotional pain. Opens the way for laughter. Strengthens the heart. Clears energy blockages. Brings vitality to major organs. Flame Agate: Provides clarity during periods of transition. Stimulates awareness. Enhances physical vitality. Treatment of burns and relieving pain.
Metaphysical powers of Agate:Agates foster love, abundance, wealth, good luck, longevity, acceptance, courage, protection, balance, harmony, generosity, strength, security and appreciation of nature.
Agates are considered Power Stones. The are very grounding, solid and stable. If you have to deal with numbers, Excel spread sheets, charts and accounts, an Agate crystal on your desk will help you be more precise. Also helps awaken (discover) your inherent natural talents. Good stone for those in banking, or who are the treasurer of a club.
Agates are particularly helpful to people having a hard time with forgiveness, and in dealing with letting go of bitterness and resentments, especially in relationships involving family or love.
Wear Agate when you are feeling overwhelmed, constricted, pressured, closed in or suffocated with current responsibilities. Better yet, enjoy the best of both worlds, and go for that walk with a nugget of Moss Agate in your pocket, as it is said to enhance the appreciation of nature.
In Ancient times, the forces of the Four Elements were considered the most powerful forces in the Universe to be reckoned with. Moss Agate is an Earth Stone, which the ancients believed were among the most powerful of medicines. They believed Agates had the ability to make warriors both Strong and Victorious in battle.
Courage:What battles do you face today? The need for Courage and Bravery ..in being true to ourselves and what we believe, was not lost when we put down our swords. On the contrary, the most courageous among us today are those that have the courage to stay the course and keep to their own inner truth despite the temptations around us. Give an Agate pendent or bracelet to your teenager. Sometimes its tough to "Just say No."
The power of an agate stone is helpful when starting new friendships, especially if YOU tend to come across as an aggressive or forceful person that doesn't usually make a good first impression.
Protection:All Agates have excellent protective and healing energy, and stimulate analytical capabilities and precision.
Emotional / Mental Healing:Agate improves self-esteem.
Agates help overcome bitterness of the heart, and inner anger.
Physical Healing:Agate is associated with improving physical speed (as in running, racing, marathons, athletic endeavors).
Lungs, blood vessels, lymphatic system.
Digestion, anorexia and food issues.
Toxins, infections, colds, flu.
Agriculture, Crops, Rain, pollination of plants.
Combinations:Agate is more powerful and its effectiveness is enhanced when combined with Aquamarine. |
