1.9" Polished Yellow Silk Banded Agate Chalcedony Mineral Palm Stone

Location: China

Weight: 2.6 Ounces

Dimensions: 1.9 Inches Long, 1.7 Inches Wide, 1 Inch Thick 

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Agate refers to many types of banded Chalcedony, a mineral belonging to the Quartz family. Its name originates from the Achates River in Sicily, where these stones were first discovered. Typically, agates display layered bands or stripes; some feature "eye" patterns or colorful specks, others contain fossilized inclusions, while some are solid. Often called the earth’s rainbow, Agate’s concentric bands appear in almost every color nature offers, including a clear, colorless form.

Agate’s story runs deep—unearthed alongside Neolithic relics, it served as powerful healing amulets and striking decoration all the way back to Babylon. Its ancient medicinal role didn’t stop there; it coursed through Greek and Egyptian cultures and surged across Africa, the Middle East, and into Russia. This remarkable stone ignited a legendary stone-cutting and polishing revolution in Germany that dominated from the 15th to the 19th century—and that bold legacy still thrives today.