Creativity boost

These Yellow Agate 2 stones weigh 5g. Agate typically forms over long periods from silica-rich fluids in pre-existing cavities in acidic volcanic rocks and chalcedonic veins. Agate carries a quiet energy that works on the subtle bodies. This is good for achieving stability and balance in key aspects of your life. Agate works in the background on the cause of your issues, rather than its symptoms. Agate can also help you with overcoming negative emotions by bringing love into the chakras. This grounding of emotions makes Agate great for easing anxiety and stress. Agate can improve your mental functioning by helping you find clarity and steadiness. Agate can also boost creativity. In combination, these two qualities make Agate a good stone for both students and artists.

Colour: colourless, grey, multi-coloured, red, white; any colour due to embedded minerals; easily and often dyed

Transparency: translucent

Lustre: dull, waxy

Crystal system: tetragonal, microcrystalline

Fracture: conchoidal

Hardness: 6.5-7

Mineral group: mineraloids; silicates, Chalcedony

Transparency: translucent

Lustre: dull, waxy

Fracture: conchoidal

Hardness: 6.5-7

Formula: SiO₂

Major varieties: Blue Lace Agate, Crazy Lace Agate, Onyx, Sardonyx, Warring States Agate

Location: Australia, Africa, Brazil, Czech Republic, India, Morocco

Rarity: common

Chakra: varies by colour

Emotional: anxiety, balance, courage, calming, harmony, negative emotions, self-acceptance, self-confidence, self-worth, stability, trauma

Mental/Intellectual: analysis, concentration, creativity, perception

Spiritual: angelic communication, balance, clarity, cleansing, Earth connection, grounding, growth, protection

Astrology: Gemini, Virgo; Earth, Moon

Number: 7

Birthstone: May