Agate has many functions in healing as well as decoration. If you are interested in agate and want to buy agate in a reasonable price, the first thing you should know is how to recognize rough agate correctly. Here are the main tips on this.
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How to recognize rough agate
2010-08-26 16:27:45
People often tend to buy agate, but few of them willing to learn the way how to recognize rough agate, because it is not an easy thing to do. Usually it is a rarity to find this distinctive layer of the mineral, grasp the way is so important.
You can do with the following tips. The first thing you should know is the formation of the agates. Usually the agates are formed under the influence of surrounding pressure and temperature, when groundwater containing silica finds its way into cracks in rocks and hardens in layers, so its inner beauty is often hidden by an outer layer, the reason why they are formed in this form maybe because they are minerals, while not rocks. Then you should pay much attention to its outside skin, its skin can have a lot of different color such as red, bluish gray, green, or yellow, you should consider its features through its different skins. Then you can place the agate to the light to distinguish a look-alike from an authentic agate, the authentic agate is usually translucent, or you can use a sharp tool to see if you can locate any banding patterns, if this happens, it can be a rough agate. If your agate is a rough one, when it is placed in the water, the water can be easily leaked into and collect, and what is worse, the gases could easily escape.
Above are some of the tips on how to recognize rough agate, maybe it is not comprehensive, so you can learn some other methods through other ways, but I believe this article can still give you a help.
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