Agate Triple Slice Pendant - Natural, Green, Pink, Blue, Purple, Teal

Agates are unique and fascinating pieces and come in wide varieties. Agate is a variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. Translucency, patterns of color, or moss-like inclusions may distinguish this stone from other forms of chalcedony.  Agates can show a wide variety of vivid, multiple colors. These are principally the result of traces of oxides of iron, manganese, titanium, chromium, nickel, and other elements. Agates are a tough gemstone with a Mohs scale of 6.5-7 and can be easily polished for jewelry making and other types of products. Agates can be found in South Africa, India, Mexico, the US, Scotland, Brazil, Uruguay, Madagascar, Namibia  Agates were found by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus. They were said to ward off all kinds of evil, heal scorpion stings and snakebites, calm raging storms, and bring victory in times of war. Agates are thought to cover each of your chakras depending on the variety. For instance, blue lace agate is associated with