Petrified tears of the god of volcanoes

Agate stone also has a beautiful poetic name - the petrified tear of the god of the volcanoes of Pluto. It is very durable and opaque, with a beautiful shiny glossy surface and a slight translucence at the edges.

Agate was appreciated from ancient times. He is very strong, and can even spark at impact. This stone is among the 12 biblical stones.

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In Egypt, this stone was considered a symbol of fertility, and the Hindus were a guarantee of prosperity. It is believed that agate gives a person a harmony of thought and fluency of speech, protects its owner from unhappiness.

Agate of bright reddish - red shades is very popular among jewelers and collectors. And the mineral itself is classified as chalcedony and is considered the most spectacular variety of it. I like agate very much like the shimmering of unusual shades and the presence in it of elegant stripes on the surface.

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But golden agate promotes inspiration, will charge with the energy and vitality of its owner. Of course, you've already understood how I love stones, I'm keen on them from the kindergarten.

The most beautiful agates are landscape (landscape). Their cut represents a real picture of amazing interlacing plants.
The color of these stones includes contrasting shades - brown with pink, black and white and other pairs of amazing colors. There is agate and ruinous.

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The stones really need to be studied, agate is characterized by a large number of layers alternating with each other. And, surprisingly, the colors and transparency of each of its layers even in one stone can vary greatly from one another.

And this variety of shades creates a unique unique stone pattern. Specialists working with this stone believe that in nature two identical agates simply do not exist.

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Of agate do a lot of great crafts, this and these ducks, one of them I really liked, and you too. This one of the works of the skillful stone-cutter Gerd Dreher, it is made of Brazilian agate.

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