What colors are Agate stones?

Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz. The lovely color patterns and banding make this translucent gemstone very unique. Agates can have many distinctive styles and patterns, but each Agate is unique, with no two Agates being the same. Deposits where Agates are commercially mined are usually very extensive, thereby enabling this gemstone to be affordable and inexpensive. However, a fine and sharp banded pattern, combined with natural strong coloring, will quickly increase the cost and value of an Agate.

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illonabird

A visit to The Petrified Forest will illustrate just how wide an array of colors agates come.

illonabird

They were originally made of agate. That’s why.

Savagemama

I would have thought more reddish brown

Chrissie

"Unique" is a superlative - "very unique" is meaningless. I'm in a pedantic mood today, haven't had my lunch.

Donna Smith

Got the correct answer.

Don Racette

Cheryl McMeekin Your husband told me he is going to buy a lot of them to throw at you.

Chris Braun

State rock of MN. Lake Superior's shores are a goldmine.

Cheryl McMeekin

Agates are very pretty and reasonably priced.

DIVER DEAN

birthdayboy, I remember that and always wondered why.

birthdayboy

This little known fact is that certain marbles, you know the kind which kids shoot with their thumb, were called "Aggies." They were made of clear glass with a swirl of color or multicolored flecks blended inside.