Botswana Agate:

Presentation :

• Its name comes from the African country where this agate is mined.
• Agate is a type of quartz made up of parallel, undulating or concentric bands, which can present a wide variety of colors ranging from Red, Dew to blue, gray, brown, black, white, milky.
• Botswana agate is characterized by a chromatic graduation that plays with tones of white and gray.
• Crystallized silica divided into concentric zones of color: SiO2.
• Density 2.6. Hardness 6.5 to 7.

Names) :

• Botswana Agate, from its deposit in Botswana, Africa.

Etymology :

• Botswana, named after its mining region in Botswana, Africa.

Group, Family:

• Quartz Family (Microcrystalline/Cryptocrystalline) | Chalcedony Family .

Color :

• White, gray, blue-gray, brown to dark brown.

Chandelier:

• Vitreous, resinous, fatty.

Origin :

• Botswana, Africa.

Crystal system:

• Trigonal / Microcrystalline .

Chemical composition:

• SiO2 | Coloration: Microscopic inclusions .

Transparency:

• Translucent to Opaque.

Density :

• Usually 2.58 to 2.65, sometimes up to 2.91 .

Hardness:

• 6 to 7.

Cleavage:

• Null.

Break:

• Irregular.

Line color:

• White.

Impact resistance:

• Good.

Heat resistance:

• Varies depending on color.

Properties and virtues:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Has a beneficial effect on the lungs, skin and glandular system.
• Promotes the regeneration of nerve tissue and the epidermis, making it a good ally for the skin.
• Helps to quit smoking by absorbing the damage caused by smoke in the lungs and helps us in our decision by acting against addiction.
• Activates the production of red blood cells.
• Fight against anemia.
• Useful in treatments for baldness and scalp diseases.
• Relieves gastric disorders.
• Stimulates the immune system.
• Relieves fatigue.
• Used to treat nervous system disorders and helps detoxify the body.

• Relieves sexual dysfunction
• Helps with better assimilation of oxygen by the body
• Eliminates toxins from the skin
• Botswana agate has all the properties of common agates.
• Greatly fluidifies the respiratory tract which can be very useful during severe coughs.

Mental and emotional virtues:

• Boosts and restores morale.
• Beneficial for people who are a little lethargic or have a tendency to depression because its vibration restores joy to the heart and drives away sadness.
• Excellent support in carrying out our good resolutions.
• It alleviates depression, stress and anxiety.
• Neutralizes everything that is stagnant and poisons us, on an emotional level.
• Works against addictions. Quitting smoking (+ smoky quartz or Morion much more effective) or alcohol (+ amethyst).

Common agate:

Presentation and basic virtues:

• From Greek akhatês, agate takes its name from a river in Sicily where it was found in abundance.
• Agates are minerals that transmit an energy that works gently on the subtle bodies as well as on balance and stability.
• Agate is said to enhance eyesight, grace and eloquence, to be a powerful antidote to poisons and toxic substances and a particularly calming and relaxing stone for children.

• In the Middle Ages, agates were tied to the horns of oxen to ensure a good harvest. This rock has often been linked over the centuries to man's relationship with nature, promoting the generous growth of garden plants, and protecting against snake bites, insect stings, or scorpion stings. It was also a protective stone against minor ailments and everyday troubles. It is reputed to promote balance in the body and mind, preventing falls as well as energy blockages. It is said to alleviate blood and skin problems and preserve lung health. This stone is associated with the second chakra, linked to sexual energy, human relationships, and creativity.

• These stones act directly on the cause of an illness or problem, they help improve mental functions and bring clarity to the vision of things. Agate is also useful for overcoming negative emotions by bringing love and security to the chakras.

Virtues on the physical level:

• Blood vessels.
• Promotes digestion.
• Eyes, acts on minor eye problems. Placed on the eyes, it relieves fatigue.
• Strengthens the lungs, stomach, liver and brain.
• It stimulates speech.
• Very effective against headaches, cramps and back pain.
• It relieves cramps and reduces edema because it greatly fluidifies the circulatory system.

Virtues on the psychological and mental level:

• Dispels negative energies
• Dissolves blockages and dams inside our body
• Strengthens morale and helps us move forward in what we undertake.
• Quickly calms the mind and restructures the being over the long term, thus helping to establish serene and prosperous future plans. Placed on the throat, like chalcedony, agate promotes eloquence and communication.

Virtues on the Energy Plan :

• All agates soothe and re-harmonize the environment in which they are placed because they are very Yin stones. To do this, we most often use geodes and agate discs that we place in our homes.

Chakra:

• Root Chakra, (1st Ch).

Cleaning, recharging, reprogramming:

• Clean with clear spring water or filtered water (never add salt to the water. Salt alters the structure of the mineral and damages it). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, then take it out in the morning to rinse it with new spring or filtered water. 
• Direct recharging on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser or rock crystals in a circle (like a time dial), points towards the center, and place your minerals in the center to recharge them. Another method is to place your minerals in a singing bowl: Tibetan or crystal bowl, (on a cotton cloth to avoid bowl / mineral vibrations), then ring the bowl to fill your minerals with this sound energy. Last method, place your minerals on a disc (wood or mineral) engraved with the flower of life or the seal of Solomon or any other form of sacred geometry. 
• Reprogramming: Reprogramming is not about telling your mineral what to do or not to do, but about putting the mineral in resonance with you to ask it to do what it must do, for you. Reprogramming must be done after each cleansing and must remain simple. Example of reprogramming: "I ask this mineral to bring me all the virtues and benefits on the different levels, for my greater good as well as for the greater good of the people around me." 

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