The finest quality Amethyst is medium in tone, vivid in intensity, and reddish purple to bluish purple in hue. The Amethyst is perhaps as popular today as it was in ancient times. in Egypt and in anterior Asia were made jewels of Amethyst. Fine amethysts are featured in the British Crown Jewels and were also a favorite of Catherine the Great and Egyptian royalty. Purple color has long been considered a royal color so it is not surprising that Amethyst has been so popular through the history. Important sources of agate are Russia (Ural mountains), Brazil, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Madagascar, Mexico, Uruguay and the USA (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana). This stone also works directly with the nervous system to alleviate physical tension and is said to assist in the treatment of arthritis, skeletal conditions, and as an aid to digestion. It is believed to be of special benefit to athletes and to those taking any kind of examination or test – mental or physical.
It soothes emotions and pain, sensitizes and attunes senses and helps to develop powers of eloquence, self-confidence and public-speaking. Agates are identical in chemical structure to jasper, flint, chert, bloodstone, and tiger-eye, and are often found in association with opal.Īgate is the stone for self-expression, creativity, health and good fortune. Agate has irregular, sometimes circular bands of color and often replaces fossil wood. The stones can be artificially stained to produce combinations of color more vivid than those found in the natural state. According to another theory the word Agate comes from the Achates River in Sicily, now known as the Drillo River, which still remains a major source of this stone.Īgate comes in a variety of beautiful colors, ranging from transparent to opaque. Agate derives its name from the Greek "Agate?" – meaning happy. Commesso is a technique of fashioning pictures with thin, cut-to-shape pieces of brightly colored, semiprecious stones, developed in Florence in the late 16th century. Agate is one of the gemstones used in Commesso, also called Florentine Mosaic. The Agate industry grew up centuries ago in the Idar-Oberstein district of Germany, where agates were abundant. Agate was highly valued by ancient civilizations, such as the Egyptian.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE NEW WEBSITEĪgate was discovered with the Stone Age man in France 20,000-16,000 BC.
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