Brazilian Agate Slabs
and Occo Agate Slices
*Mini*Extra Small*Small*Medium*Large*
*Predrilled Agate Slices are Extra Small*
As smooth and beautiful as a stained glass window!
Natural*Blue*Purple*Pink*Brown/Vermillion*Green

Metaphysical Properties of Agate Agate comes in reds, browns, yellows, oranges, and blacks, sometimes with banding, stripes or zoning. Agate is good protective stone, especially for children. It also can help strengthen the body and the body's connection to the earth. It can also lessen feelings of envy by grounding the emotions.  Agate balances the physical, emotional and intellectual bodies, and balances and cleanses aura.  Agate is known to stimulate analytical abilities and perception, while eliminating negativity. It has also been reported to strengthen sight and promote marital fidelity. Agate is a banded, concentric shell-like chalcedony, sometimes containing opal substance.  The fine quartz fibers are oriented vertically to the surface of the individual band layers.  The bands can be multicolored or of the same color.  South American Agate is mostly dull gray and without special markings; only through dyeing do they receive their lively colors.  Transparency of Agates varies from nearly transparent to opaque.  In thin slabs, even the opaque Agates are mostly translucent.  The name Agate is supposedly derived from the river Achates (now called the Drillo) in Sicily. Agate is a member of the Chalcedony family.  It is a banded stone with a somewhat waxy appearance and is often transparent at the center.  It overcomes bitterness of the heart and eliminates inner anger.  Agate fosters love, opening the way for positive relationships!