CRYSTALS & THEIR HEALING PROPERTIES

AGATE

overview

Agate is a variety of crypto-crystalline quartz Silicon Dioxide. Agate is a common term for for a distinctly banded fibrous chalcedony. It is often found as layers lining Geodes. There are hundreds of names applied to the varieties of agate that are found throughout the world. While many of the names reflect the source of the crystal, other names are descriptive of their colour and pattern. Many people are confused by the differences between agate and jasper, the simple explanation is that Agate is translucent and Jasper is opaque.

appearance

Agate is made of fibrous chalcedony.
There are two types of banding in Agates.
Wall lining banding is where the individual banding runs perpendicular to the orientation and growth direction of the chalcedony fibres.
Horizontal banding consists of fine, irregular spaced layers of small chalcedony spherulites.
There are other types of chalcedony that are banded, this is due to the layers of another mineral such as sard being laid down between the layers of chalcedony as the stone is growing.
Agate is translucent and vitreous when polished.

colours of agate

Agate can be of any colour, the most frequent colours are grey, white, brown, salmon, pink, red, orange, black, and yellow. Shades of violet or a greyish-blue can occur, deep green and blue tones are very unusual . The colour is caused by various embedded minerals, of which iron oxides and hydroxides are most common, giving yellow, brown and red colours. A "pure" agate is white, grey or blue-grey.
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Agate has long been known as a porous material that can be dyed easily and numerous methods to change, enhance or add colour have been developed. Specimens that lack vivid colours and banding, like many agates from Brazil, are cut into thin slices and artificially "enhanced" with various dyes, yielding deep green, bright blue and bright pink.

Colours and their properties

• Black Agate offers you prosperity, victory for athletes and courage. Black Agate connects the spirit and physical planes together and grounds you in reality. Black Agate stabilises and grounds. Black agate connects the heavenly chi force with the earthly chi force and brings spiritual level energy into your entire hara line and grounds it into the earthly plane, reality and consciousness. It brings spiritual awareness into action, balances earth and the sky. It stabilises and grounds while elevating awareness, helps to clear emotional pain. It is ideal for centring  and focusing. Eases nausea, indigestion and cramps.
• Black with white stripes creates alertness.
• Blue with white stripes is visionary, enhances psychic abilities and helps with dream interpretation. This agate is for the throat chakra and promotes creative analysis and problem solving. This stone promotes creative expression of all types especially for decorating and acting, it enhances the ability to create a sacred space. It gives you the courage to uphold and defend your convictions.
• Blue with a white pattern gives you a sense of security and the ability to handle new situation. This will also soften a stubborn streak.
• Brecciated increases your optimism, aids you in achieving a tranquil mindset. It helps you to avoid negative behaviour in others. 
• Brown encourages a victory in conflict situations and can increase your intelligence
• Creamy Yellow will help you to lighten your mood.
• Green Agate enhances mental and emotional flexibility and improves decision making. It is useful in resolving disputes. Green Agate also strengthens, opens and activates the Heart Chakra.
• Grey with white stripes encourages your intellectual pursuits.
• Lilac with pale blue grey stripes aids in spiritual discrimination. Encouraging you to be discerning in contacting the spirit realm.
• Mustard yellow is useful in contacting the creative side of the mind and building an inventive mood.
• Orange and brown is a balancer that helps in overcoming obstacles, gaining good luck in financial issues, and stabilising the emotions.
• Pink Agate  it could be Botswana, crazy lace or moss.​ Effects the heart like a stone thrown into a pool, sending rings and ripples radiating out to heal old pain, heals despair, heartache, and heart pain layer by layer. It replaces pain with joy, heart healing and heart warming. Pink agate calms, comforts and provides security. It eases stress, promotes unconditional love for others and the understanding that you are loveable. Pink agate offers positive self image. Pink agate promotes love between parent and child. Position over the heart for optimum effect. Some pink agate specimens and jewellery have had their colour enhanced by dying, this won't affect the healing power of the crystal providing that the agate was originally pink.
• Purple with threads of white will help your communication skills be more powerful and to get the point across to others in a diplomatic manner.
• Red brings peace, calmness and it is also said to drive away spiders.
• Turquoise with a white pattern helps you meet and make new friends

chakra energy and agate

 Placed on the heart chakra it will heal the emotional disease that prevents acceptance of love. Placed on the sacral chakra (abdomen) or taken as crystal water, agate stimulates the digestive process and relieves gastritis. Agate stimulates the crown chakra, bringing celestial and earth energy into the auras and harmonising them with the physical body. If placed on the third eye, Agate quickly cuts mental cords to a previous partner, a manipulative parent and replenishing the energy that was lost.

agate and physical healing

 Agates are grounding stones, bringing about an emotional, physical and intellectual balance. They aid in centring and stabilising physical energy.  It heals the eyes, stomach, and uterus, it cleanses the lymphatic system and pancreas, it strengthens blood vessels and heals skin disorders. Agate teaches us that sexuality is a natural function and that sensuality is the appreciation by the senses of the fullness of life. It is useful for reprogramming the cellular memory after mortification of the flesh, emotions or spirit in a previous or present life. Agate aids self analysis and perception of hidden circumstances, bringing to your attention any disease that is interfering with your well being.

Agate and your feelings

Agate has the power to harmonise yin and yang, the positive and the negative forces that hold the universe in place. A soothing and calming stone, agate works slowly but brings great strength. Its multiple layers can bring hidden emotional information to light.
​Agate gently facilitates acceptance of ones self, this builds self confidence.  Agates love of truthfulness encourages speaking your truth. Agates with clear crystals can stimulate memories.  
This crystal overcomes negativity and bitterness of the heart. It heals inner anger fostering love and the courage to start again. It is useful for any kind of emotional trauma. It creates a sense of safety and security by dissolving internal tension. 
​A powerful holistic healer, Agate remove dualities and conflict, maintaining well-being. This stone can be programmed to protect you and your family and to encourage supportive love, which is objective and not all consuming. It releases emotional repression and encourages artistic expression.
Useful for people who are easily hurt, this stone teaches the you to look for solutions rather than dwell on problems and it shuts off obsessive thoughts and destructive mental patterns. 
​Giving the broader picture, it encourages you to explore unknown territory and creativity while at the same time paying appropriate attention to detail.

agate and the mind

Agates enhance mental function as they improve concentration. perception and analytical abilities, leading to practical solutions. Agate enhances love, abundance, wealth, good luck, longevity and harmony.
This stone is a protector of children.
Agate helps to change your level of perception and give you the strength to carry on.
Traditionally, agate has been used to overcome physical, emotional and mental poisoning or toxicity and is a useful receptacle for negative energy.
​Agate enhances cellular memory and multi dimensional healing. Agate helps you overcome depression.

agate and the spirit

Agate raises consciousness and links into collective consciousness and awareness of the oneness of life. It encourages quiet contemplation and assimilation of life experiences, leading to spiritual growth and inner stability. Agate stabilises the aura by eliminating and transforming negative energies. Its cleansing effect is powerful at the spiritual, physical and emotional levels. 
Agate guards against all dangers; averts lightening and storms; gives strength and victory in all your endeavours; opens the wearer to receive unexpected favours from the deities.
If used in sacred rituals as a divine object, it turns the words of your enemies against themselves. It is useful when sudden bursts of energy are needed. Use as a protection against black magic, troublesome spirits and negative thought forms.  
​This crystal is extremely effective for multi-dimensional healing and soul work, the bands across its surface taking you travelling into another reality, different streams of consciousness or other lives.

ALPHABETICAL LIST
CRYSTALS A - C
CRYSTALS D - F
CRYSTALS G - I
CRYSTALS J - L
CRYSTALS M - O
CRYSTALS P - R
CRYSTALS S - U
CRYSTALS V - Z

VARIETIES OF AGATE EXPLAINED
Blue Lace
Botswana
Bull's Eye
Cathedral
​Colorin
​Crackled Fire
Crazy Lace
Dendritic
Fairburn
Fire
Geode
Holley Blue
Laguna
Luna
​Moss
Onyx
Pitayo Cactus
Plume
Red Lace
Snakeskin
Tree
Turritella

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