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Agate Meaning and Agate Healing Properties. Agate is a micro-crystalline form of silica, generally consisting of chalcedony. Agates can be found in many locations, but are generally associated with volcanic areas. Agate colors and patterns can vary a great deal. Some are white or grey, while others are pale blue, orange, red, black, or even banded with more than one color present.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz. The lovely color patterns and banding make this translucent gemstone very unique. Agates can have many distinctive styles and patterns, but each Agate is unique in its own habit, with no two Agates being the same. Moss Agate is technically not a true Agate as it lacks the banding patterns of Agate. 2  Onyx-Type of Chalcedony gemstone whose meaning can have several connotations. 3  Its most practical gemstone definition describes a solid black Chalcedony, or a banded or layered black and white Chalcedony.