The History of Agate

Agate is a fascinating gemstone with a long and illustrious history dating back to the ancient Babylonians, Greeks and Romans. Named after the Achates River in the Mediterranean island of Sicily in the 4th century B.C., it exhibits a rainbow of colors. Appreciated from the beginning for its spiritual power and its outstanding beauty, early cultures discovered its low-frequency energy vibrations and recognized its stabilizing influence.

Colors of Agate

Agate comes in a variety of natural colors, blue, red, lavender, pink, yellow as well as black, gray and white. Agate also appears in many different patterns, often with two, three or more colors in the same stone. Technically, agate would be a banded gemstone, but there is a wide variety of this gemstone that also includes crystal holes, tree, leaf or mossy shapes, solid colors, rounded shapes and iridescent colors.

Physical Benefits of Agate

Physically, agate is a versatile gemstone healer. Related to its spiritual benefits, agate is perfect for treating headaches and migraines. It will relieve a wide range of aches and pains throughout the body, muscles, joints and bones, all of which are elevated.

Agate is good for the respiratory and cardiovascular systems as well as the stomach and intestines. The health of the eyes, skin and hair will also be improved with this powerful gemstone.

Mothers-to-be will benefit from the vitality and energy given by this crystal, and after birth it will help with milk production and postpartum depression.

All colors of agate are helpful, but certain ailments can be addressed by specific colors. For example, blue or lavender agate is especially helpful for sore throats or swollen glands, green agate acts as an anti-inflammatory to help ward off colds and fevers, and red or orange agate can treat poor circulation and digestive problems.