Fire Agate Worry Stone - 2 inch

Fire Agate Worry Stone cut to a broad oval with a thumb hollow across the face. The base colour is a deep reddish-brown, close to mahogany, and the polish is high enough that the surface holds a clear specular highlight. Tilted under a direct light the better pieces show the material's characteristic internal flash, a shift of red and gold moving beneath the surface rather than sitting on it, though how much of that a given stone carries varies considerably.

Fire Agate is traditionally associated with drive and with acting on something rather than deliberating over it, and it is one of the warmer-toned stones people reach for when motivation rather than calm is the aim. It is commonly carried through a demanding period, held before something that needs nerve, or kept where it will catch direct light. The broad oval gives a thumb a long travel across the hollow, which suits sustained use.

Key Properties
Primary Focus: Energy & Vitality
Secondary Focus: Confidence & Ambition
Chakra Association: Sacral, Root
Zodiac Sign: Aries, Leo
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger, Dragon
Ruling Planet: Mars
Elements: Fire
Mohs Hardness: 7
Stone Family: Tectosilicate
Material: Fire Agate
Form: Worry Stone
Finish: Polished
Approximate Size: 50 mm (2 inches)
Approximate Weight: 32-35 g
Listing: Single unit

Geological Information
Fire Agate is a chalcedony variety within the quartz family, silicon dioxide crystallising in the trigonal system at Mohs 7. Its defining feature is an iridescent play of colour in red, orange, gold and green, produced by light interference between alternating thin layers of iron oxide and silica within the stone. The optical mechanism is similar in principle to that of opal but structurally distinct, and the effect is entirely natural, requiring no treatment or coating to produce. There is limited pre-colonial record of the material in the American Southwest; it is primarily a twentieth century lapidary discovery, which is unusual among agates given how long the wider family has been worked. Commercial material comes principally from Arizona, California and New Mexico in the USA, with further material from Mexico.

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