CHARACTERISTICS

Agate has a grounding, stabilizing and protective effect. The stone has a calming effect, makes you feel safe and provides both mental and emotional peace and balance. It helps accept yourself and helps to have confidence in yourself. It stimulates concentration and analytical thinking and helps to distance yourself and look at things, and yourself, more objectively. This provides overview and insight and helps to work systematically and to find practical solutions. It helps to set goals for yourself and work towards them. This stimulates personal growth and development. Agate also has a protective effect while traveling. Physically, agate has a positive effect on the immune system, nervous system and nerve pain, digestion, heart, blood vessels, eyes, stomach, intestines, bladder and bedwetting. It stimulates the metabolism. Its protective effect makes it a good stone for women to wear during pregnancy. Also because it stimulates growth and has a positive effect on the uterus. The energy of agate is soft and calm. The stone therefore often has to be worn a little longer before it has an effect, but is therefore very suitable for sensitive people and children.

In addition to the general properties of agate, black agate has a grounding and stabilizing effect. It anchors you in the here and now and helps you find your still point, for example during meditation. It is also emotionally stabilizing and relieves emotional pain. Physically, black agate can help with nausea, cramps, and indigestion.

CARE

Black agate can be cleaned and charged in all ways.

CHAKRA

Basic chakra (1st)

ZODIAC SIGN

Gemini and Scorpio

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Composition: SiO2, hardness: 6-7; density: 2.6.

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