Presentation :

Names) : 

• Moss agate (variety of chalcedony).

Etymology: 

• Agate: Named after the Achates River in southern Sicily. | Moss: From the fibrous, green structure of the inclusions.

Group, Family: 

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

Color : 

• Colorless to White with inclusions of Light Green to Dark Green Chlorite and sometimes Dark Yellow, Orange to Red from the oxidation of Chlorite.

Chandelier: 

• Vitreous to Fatty.

Origin : 

• Brazil, Madagascar, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, India, China, Russia, United States.

Crystal system: 

• Trigonal / Microcrystalline.

Chemical composition: 

• SiO2 | Coloration: Macroscopic inclusions of Chlorite.

Transparency: 

• Translucent to Opaque sometimes Transparent (in areas).

Density : 

• 2.58 to 2.65.

Hardness: 

• 6 to 7.

Cleavage: 

• Null.

Break: 

• Irregular.

Line color: 
Impact resistance: 

• Good.

Heat resistance: 

• Bad.

Properties, benefits and virtues:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Effective against diabetes.
• Strengthens the heart and blood circulation.
• Stimulates the kidneys and spleen, regulates digestion, fights viral infections.
• Helps detoxify the body.
• Helps facilitate childbirth and reduce labor pains.
• Strengthens the immune system especially for inflammatory diseases.
• Treats flu, sore throats and colds.
• Strengthens the energy of the pancreas.
• Treats all eye related problems.
• Effective against fungal infections and skin disorders.
• Relieves symptoms of flu and colds.
• Helps with dehydration.

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Helps overcome anxiety, stress and tensions.
• Helps regain balance and stability.
• Brings joy and well-being.
• Promotes change and encourages new initiatives.
• Helps to restart in case of new beginnings, of starting over.
• Promotes the development of romantic and sexual life.
• Fight against depressive states.
• Releases fears and negative energies.
• Brings confidence in oneself and in one's own potential without forgetting one's abilities.

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• A protective stone for farmers, forest rangers and gardeners, it promotes understanding and connections with nature.
• Good grounding to begin a meditation session.

Elixir :

• Ideal as an elixir to drink to detoxify the body. (Preparation method: direct method).

Chakra:

• Master Heart Chakra, 4th 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 the abyss). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, then take it out in the morning to rinse it with fresh spring or filtered water.
• Direct charging on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser crystals or rocks in a circle (like a time dial), points towards the center, and place your minerals in the center to charge 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 is to 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 resonate with you to ask it to do what it needs to 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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