Core features; involvement and protection

Important sites: only in Botswana (Southern Africa)
Mineral group: oxides, quartz group.
Crystal system: trigonal
Hardness: 6.5-7
Formation: 
Agate is formed in hydrothermal kiezelzuurarm volcanic rock.
Agate occurs at temperatures of 100 to 200^oC in bladder-shaped hollow spaces of cooling lava rock.
During cooling solidify the solutions to Quartz.
This puts itself layer by layer in the cavities.
By deposition of other substances into the layers created the famous ring-forms in an agate.
These substances can then be clear quartz, Amethyst or members of the Chalcedony family (Chalcedony, Onyx, Jasper or Carnelian).
Color: the Botswana-Agate has a characteristic clear lines and color palette of Browns.
Color, drawing and form of Agate have special deals with the operation of those bodies that correspond to the characteristics of the agate.
Chemical formula, mineral-forming elements: Sio₂ + Al, Ca, Fe, Mn

Naming:
The name Agate is derived from Achates, a river in Sicily.

 
Mental functioning;   
The energy of Botswana Agate promotes a sense of shelter and of peace.
They tightened the monitoring ability and encourages a reflective Outlook on life which can lead to a spiritual attitude towards life, without compromising the contact with the Earth and matter.
Botswana Agate stimulates a conscious processing of life experiences and promotes a spiritual maturity, that is accompanied by a healthy reality.
At the same time, this stone helps in finding and building a balanced life rhythm.
The energy of Botswana-Agate also makes creative and helps to express emotions.

Chakras;
Agate protects all chakras, but does it work most strongly through the root and sacral-chakra. Agate has a good ' grounding '.

Physical functioning;
The energy of Agate provides a good nutrient absorption in the colon.
It activates the metabolism and blood circulation and is good for the skin. (also helps against itching on the head).
The energy of the stone also reduces fever, by the formation of sweat and during pregnancy protects the fruit.
The energy of Agate connects with each body that corresponds to the drawing (signature) of the stone and can in this way very exactly energetic information transfer.

* In the descriptions of the gems we speak, to save space, the energy of the stone. More fully we can speak here of the energetic information of the stone.

Cleaning and care;
If you have the Botswana-Agate carries as pendant, necklace, or when you put it in your Pocket carry if drum stone, it is advisable the stone at the end of the day with lukewarm water to rinse off.
This is the stone of its static charge stripped.
Even better are the stone included load to get rid (whereby the recorded information is neutralized) you can put it best at night at Waning Moon in the moonlight.

Charging can by the Botswana-Agate in daylight in a dish with rock crystal Rhinestone Rhinestones, or on a drum group.
Agate is one of the few types of stone can also be hung or placed in the bright sun.
They are very powerful energetic yet.
For a very deep and also simple energetic cleaning can the stone, after it is rinsed off with water, also on a Crystal piece of amethyst or better yet in a large Amethyst-Amethyst geode, either be placed-druse.
The finely divided iron atoms and energy concentration of Amethyst quartz give a powerful, fiery appearance.
This ensures that the stones that are radiated very deep can be neutralized and thereby cleaned of recorded information.
After about two hours is the stone already sufficiently cleaned.
For a very deep cleaning, you can feel free to a stone a week or more on the Amethyst.
The stone is not damaged.
Aside from that, the stone may be further charged with rock crystal.