Agates are available in a variety of colors, all the colors of the rainbow.
« Agate » is derived from the Greek « akhatès » and comes from a river in Sicily where it was found in abundance.
Different stones, like agates, are composed of quartz crystals (usually chalcedony) and have a hexagonal structure, which means that agates will generally help you realize your desires.
Read more: the world of stones explained.
Agate stone characteristics
- Origin: all over the world.
- Trellis
- Shapes: natural, polished, sliced.
- Energy
- Colors: black, blue, brown, gray, green, multicolored, orange, violet, red, white, yellow.
- Chakra: all chakras, depending on color.
- Placement: on any chakra, in a pocket, as on any piece of jewelry.
- Helps with: emotional balance, calm, concentration and attention; blue: communication and honesty; moss: unconditional love, prosperity; orange-brown: self-control and stabilization (but can move you); pink: compassion; other colors: associated with chakras of the same color.
- Works with: other agates, clear quartz.
- Tip for use: in the rocks at the beach, sift the stones, hold them up to the sunlight to see if the sun shines through. If it does, it’s an agate.
- Mantra: « I am grounded and focused. I accomplish all my tasks and enjoy doing them. »
Some agates are available here:
Botswana agate
This stone is somewhere between blue-gray and pinkish-white, and therefore comes from Botswana in Africa.
This stone is ideal if you’re feeling sad and lonely, as it will soothe you and push you to find solutions rather than getting stuck on your concerns.
You may then feel lighter and more cheerful, more motivated to move forward. Botswana agate boosts your self-confidence, as it is a stone of serenity and grounding, helping to clear away superfluous ideas during meditation and raise your consciousness.
It also helps you to better understand the path you need to take and will support your decision-making.
It also offers the power of prosperity, particularly protecting those who work with fire.
Want to stop smoking? Botswana agate combined with smoky quartz is an ideal combo, as both stones boost your motivation and help you during the smoking cessation process.
The stone also has an action on the heart, calming palpitations, but also on :
- Brain
- Lungs
- Bronchial tubes: in the event of bronchitis, place agate on your bronchial tubes or prepare a vibrating water bath.
What’s more, this stone strengthens the immune and nervous systems, and is also good for the stomach in case of burns. For heartburn, put agate in your mouth after cleansing thoroughly.
Suffering from a migraine? Take a rolled agate or pebble and place it on your forehead, wet with fresh water.
Botswana agate relieves sexual dysfunction, aids fertility and eliminates toxins from the skin.
