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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