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Semi Precious Stone Agate Ring

Agate is a common Semi Precious silica stone that has long been used as a gem and ornamental. Agate is the most ordinary variety of chalcedony which is a form of quartz. Agate is, in fact, indistinguishable with quartz in work and physical properties. Collected of silicon dioxide (SiO2), it has a hardness of 7, a glassy luster, a concordat fracture, and a specific gravity of 2.60.

Agate forms when gas foam trapped in solidifying lava become filled with alkali and silica-bearing waters, which coagulate into a gel. The alkali attacks the iron in the adjacent lava, and bands of the resultant iron hydroxide are shaped in the gel, which loses water and crystallizes, send-off the bands intact. Many agates, when cut in cross-section, reveal striking forms.

Healing ability: Agate is very cooling stone; it reduces fever, quenches thirst, and also beneficial in stomach area. It quiets the pulse and heart throbs and also insures good health and a long and prosperous life.

Mystical power: Agate guards against danger. Wearers normally become temperate, continent and cautious. It helps one view themselves with most clarity and also sees the world through a broader viewpoint. Wearing Agate it has a believed to cure insomnia and to insure pleasant dreams.