Description
Natural Indian Agate
Agate belongs to the quartz (silicon dioxide) family of mineralstz is the second most abundant mineral found on earth’s continental crust, second only to the feldspar mineral groupe is classified under the cryptocrystalline variety and more specifically, as a variety of chalcedony quartz. Agate stones available on the market today, originate from deposits all over the world including Myanmar, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Botswana, India, Australia and the USA no one till date has thought of writing about the Indian Agate Gemstone until now the Indian Agate Gemstone only remained the stone of Malas (garlands) for rishis, sadhus (holy men) and fakirs (sages ) or caught the eye in the West, where hippies made it their fashion jewelry.
Agate Gemstone Jewelry Care and Cleaning
Agate can be cleaned very easily using warm soapy water and a soft brushing in mind that agate is quartz and its hardness and durability, be sure to not use any other objects that are harder than agate for scrubbing or cleaning with most gemstones, you should not use any household chemicals when caring or cleaning your agate gemstone or gemstone jewelry pieces storing agate, it should be stored inside a fabric-lined box or wrapped in a soft cloth. Agate should be kept away from other gemstones and jewelry to ensure unnecessary damage or scratching from other harder gemstones.