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The Breathtaking Beauty and Colorful Diversity of Agate

All women love gemstones. Most of the attention goes to diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and other sparkling stones. However, today we look at the magic that is agate. This gemstone was originally discovered in Sicily and has been used traditionally in jewelry since ancient times. Agate is very popular all over the world and every region has some special and unique characteristic to the agate it has to offer.

agate3agatehill
Flickr/agatehill

 

agate4agatehill
Flickr/agatehill

 

queensland tube agate
Flickr/agatehill

 

agate6michalz
Flickr/Michal Z

 

agate7jacquesrossier
Flickr/Jacques Rossier

 

agate8agatehill
Flickr/agatehill

 

agate9agatehill
Flickr/agatehill

 

agate10agatehill
Flickr/agatehill

 

agate11jacquesrossier
Flickr/JacquesRossier

 

agate12agatehill
Flickr/agatehill

 

agate13jacquesrossier
Flickr/Jacques Rossier

 

Source: http://www.mymodernmet.com/
Images: https://www.flickr.com/