Description
Location: China
Weight: 2.2 Ounces
Dimensions: 1.8 Inches Long, 1.6 Inches Wide, 1 Inch Thick
The item pictured is the one you will receive.
Agate refers to several types of banded Chalcedony, a Quartz family mineral. Its name originates from the Achates River in Sicily, the site of the first Agate discoveries. Typically, Agate features layered or striped bands, with some varieties displaying "eye" patterns, color specks, fossil inclusions, or solid coloration. Known as the earth’s rainbow, Agate’s concentric bands appear in almost every color found in nature, including a transparent form.
Historically, Agate has been discovered with the artifacts of Neolithic people and was used as healing amulets and ornamentation, dating back to Babylon. Its medicinal uses continued through the ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations and spread throughout Africa and the Middle East into Russia. Agate sparked a world-renowned stone cutting and polishing industry in Germany that flourished from the 15th to the 19th century and exists today.