Blue Agate Slab - 3.1 x 4.8 inch

Small and low, this Blue Agate Slab spreads wide across a shallow profile with a heavy black outer band and a pale grey-white interior opening at the centre. A distinct crystalline growth stands within that opening, coarse and irregular against the smooth banded surround. The dark rim is thick relative to the piece's overall size, which concentrates the pale interior into a compact bright zone. The polish is high, the base cut flat, and the piece is among the lightest in this consignment.

Banded Agate is traditionally associated with balance and harmony, and secondarily with grounding and protection. Small low specimens are easily placed and are commonly kept somewhere they will be seen at close range through the day, on a desk, windowsill, or beside a keyboard. Agate at this scale is also among the most portable geode formats, and pieces like this often serve as a first substantial specimen or a gift where a large stone would be impractical.

Key Properties
Primary Focus: Balance & Harmony
Secondary Focus: Protection & Grounding
Chakra Association: Root, Sacral
Zodiac Sign: Gemini, Virgo
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger, Rooster
Ruling Planet: Mercury
Elements: Earth, Fire
Mohs Hardness: 7
Stone Family: Tectosilicate
Material: Banded Agate
Origin: Brazil
Form: Slice/Slab
Finish: Polished
Approximate Size: 80 mm (3.1 inches) H x 122 mm (4.8 inches) W
Approximate Weight: 435 g
Listing: Single unit

Geological Information
Banded Agate is a chalcedony variety of the quartz family, silicon dioxide at Mohs 7, formed by successive silica deposition within a cavity in host rock. The distinct crystal growth standing in the open centre of this piece marks the transition from banded accretion, where silica builds flat against the cavity wall, to free crystallisation, where the remaining fluid forms discrete quartz crystals projecting into open space. Both are the same mineral in the same chemical system; only the growth conditions differ, which is why the two textures sit directly against one another without any compositional boundary between them. Agate is a banded variety of chalcedony within the quartz family, formed through successive layers of silica deposited within a cavity over time. It is common industry practice for coloured agate to be dyed or otherwise colour-enhanced to achieve vivid, saturated tones. Agate is named after the Achates River in Sicily and recovered globally from Brazil, India, the USA, Mexico and Germany; this piece is from Brazil.

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