Black Striped Agate

Protection  •  Peace  •  Grounding  •  Inner Strength

Black Striped Agate is known as the natural ‘Evil Eye​’.   It's fiercely protective against spiritual attacks, and as it guards us, brings a pure, peaceful energy.  Black Striped Agate is calming and grounding crystal that centres us and strengthens our roots, in doing so, fills us with inner strength.


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OVERVIEW and HISTORY

With some of the stunning new crystals being discovered, Agate is a crystal that is often over looked.

They’re a simple crystal, often plain grey or beige, in this case black and white and very gentle. But sometimes gentle is just what we need!  Agate won’t rush you, it will gently move you to a more calm and grounded state, bringing you inner balance and harmony and slowly bring you more strength and confidence!

Sometimes we’re not ready for a life changing, all in a rush, change of how we are.  Sometimes we’re not ready to let go of the anger and emotional trauma.  Agate respects that, slowly, gently, healing our pasts, helping us to accept what we can’t change and bringing us to a place of feeling safe and secure again!

Some people prefer the bright dyed coloured Agates over the neutral tones, but we love their subtle natural colours match their healing properties beautifully. 

Agate was discovered by a Greek philosopher, Theophrastus on the shoreline of Aches in Sicily between 371 to 287 BC.  

Agates were used in the seal stones of Greek warriors and date back to the 3rd century BC where they were used as jewellery by the Indus Valley civilisation.  



METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

EMOTIONAL PROPERTIES

  • Helps keep peace and eliminates negative energy​
  • Removes energy associated with the cause of stress, replacing it with peaceful vibes​
  • Grounds and centres us​
  • Emist a soothing energy, bringing calm and inner peace​
  • Balances us emotionally, physically and intellectually​
  • Heals anger and emotional trauma​
  • Brings us inner strength​
  • Gives a sense of safety and security​
  • Helps with grief, nurturing us and giving us a little push to help us get through the day


SPIRITUAL PROPERTIES

  • Fiercely protective​ against negative spiritual energy
  • Remove energy associated with the cause of stress, replacing it with peaceful vibes​
  • Gives us a sense of safety and security​



FACTS

HEALTH RISKS:  None known, you should always treat mineral specimens with care.

APPEARANCE and VARIATIONS

COLOURS:  Black - brown with white stripes, with quartz inclusions

UV REACTION: None

DIAPHANEITY:  Translucent

LUSTRE: Waxy - dull

CRYSTAL FAMILY:

                                           

CRYSTAL FAMILY:  

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                                       Silicate Minerals
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                                        Tectosilicates
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                                   Microcrystalline Quartz
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                                            Chalcedony                                         
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                                                 Agate
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CRYSTAL HABIT:  Banded

FORMATION:  Agate is a variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.  It is formed when ground waters that are high in silica content and fill a cavity in a host rock or dissolve material such as bone or shell. It can be formed on or within host volcanic and metamorphic rocks.  Less colourful agates are generally formed in cold water Lakes within limestone and dolomite strata.   

CRYSTAL SYSTEM:  Rhombohedral  

CHEMICAL FORMULA: SiO2

HARDNESS:  6.5 - 7 on the Mohs scale

LOCATIONS:   -
 

GENERAL

CHAKRA: Root Chakra

BIRTHSTONE:  -

ZODIAC:  -

ANNIVERSARY:   -

PLANETS:   -

ARCHANGEL:  Archangel Michael , the Angel of Protection

VIBRATION:  -

ESSENTIAL OIL:  -

CLEANSING:  Our favourite way to cleanse Agate is to hold it under fresh running water or to pop it outside on the grass under the full moon..  

CARE:  Protect Black Striped Agate from:

🧴 Cleaners - abrasive or chemical
🔥  Heat
✂️  Sharp objects
🔆  Sunlight - Direct for long periods of time can cause fading
〰️  Ultrasonic cleaners


FURTHER READING and REFERENCES:
- Adam Barralet 
- The Crystal Encyclopaedia: Judy Hall
- Min Dat

 

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