A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds
Agate is a variety of chalcedony (a family of microcrystalline quartz) Agate is a very common stone that is often used in jewelry It is found in a wide range of colors, including black, gray, brown, reddish, green, pink, blue, and yellow Agate can be flecked with color and is often banded, exhibiting layers of quartz Agate is porous and takes dye easily; it is frequently dyed to enhance the coloration and the banding White agate was used often in Victorian jewelry, mostly as a background Moss agate has green, red or black dendritic inclusions Onyx is agate whose bands are parallel Eye agate has banding arranged in concentric circles Agate has a hardness of 6 5 to 7 and a specific gravity of 2 6 The agate pin above is from Miracle
Striped semiprecious stone used in jewelry Stripes may be wide or narrow, straight or curved, but are generally concentric Colors may vary within one stone, but are usually pale shades of bone, yellow, red and brown
is an extremely fine-grained variety of Chalcedony-a type of Quartz-formed by the slow depositing of silica into the cavities of older rocks It displays banding of two or more colors It is valued as semiprecious gem and also used in the manufacturing of grinding equipment
Small type often used for statistical data on sports and stock pages It is a type size of approximately 5 1/2 points tall, a point being 1/72nd of an inch
(2 syl ) So called, says Pliny (xxxvii 10), from Achates or Gagates, a river in Sicily, near which it is found in abundance "These, these are they, if we consider well, That saphirs and the diamonds doe excell, The pearle, the emerauld, and the turkesse bleu, The sanguine corrall, amber's golden hiew, The christall, jacinth, achate, ruby red " Taylor: The Waterspout (1630) Agate is supposed to render a person invisible, and to turn the sword of foes against themselves
This stone is grouped under the quartz variety known as chalcedony It is easily recognised by the successive layers that differ in colour and translucency Its strengthening properties are ideal to balance the yin-yang energies It balances the "physical, emotional and intellectual bodies with the etheric energies" (Love Is In The Earth - A Kaleidoscope of Crystals"- Melody) Placed around the body to stabilises and strengthens the aura by transforming and eliminating negativity Used to enhance analytical capabilities, to assist in the communication with the spiritual world and in distant healing
A natural mineral, a stone marble desired by mibsters, as in bulls-eye agate Name adopted by early American marble manufacturers to describe any and all classes, types and styles of marbles; ceramic, as in trademarks Dyke's American Agates, registered Samuel C Dyke; glass, Akro Agate, registered The Akro Agate Company
Agate is a very hard stone which is used to make jewellery. Common, semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Varieties are characterized by peculiarities in the shape and colour of the bands, which are seen in sections cut at right angles to the layers. Agate is found throughout the world, commonly in cavities in eruptive rocks and in geodes. Brazil and Uruguay are major producers of agates; they are also found in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and other western U.S. states. Agate is essentially quartz. Much commercial agate is artificially dyed to make the naturally dull-gray stones more colourful
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds