Agate strengthens relationships, promotes composure and offers a warm, protective quality to the wearer. Tree agate is also believed to boost the immune system and balance water in the body.Īgate gemstones in general are believed to have a quiet energy associated with the heart chakra.
Agate in general is said to be a stone that promotes inner stability, making tree agate an amplified version. This gemstone helps individuals look inside for self-examination, which also may result in a calm demeanor. Tree Agate Metaphysical Properties Just as a dappled forest may bring calmness, so it's said tree agate brings a sense of peace and inner tranquility to wearers. Agate was not just a decorative stone and was long used as talismans in Egypt, Greece and India.
At least 3000 years ago, the Egyptians were making seals, rings and vessels from agate stones. The name agate itself harkens back to antiquity and the Achates River in Sicily where agates are thought to have been found. The ancient Greeks associated tree agate with dryads and the stone was sometimes buried in agricultural fields to promote a plentiful harvest. This beautiful green and white stone has long been seen as having a deep connection to nature and was therefore viewed as the stone of plentitude by many civilizations. In tree agate, these dendrites create a beautiful green dappling effect on a white base. Dendrites are crystal inclusions that develop in foliage or tree branch-like patterns. It’s easy to get lost in these little landscapes, imaging the stories that might take place in them.Tree Agate History Tree agate is also known as dendritic agate. To us, each stone is like a photo capturing a moment in time. We travel directly to the source and carefully select each stone to set into our antique, vintage, and handmade jewelry. Shazar stone is relatively unknown to most Western jewelry buyers, but we here at Market Square Jewelers have a particular enthusiasm for it. Cutting Shazar stone takes a tremendous amount of skill, as the stone has to be sliced just right to reveal the picture inside. Different colors may appear in Shazar stone, such as black and orange-red, and are caused by inclusions of iron and manganese. The result is a milky stone with dark, branch-like inclusions. When two or more chalcedony stones trap a piece of fossilized fungus, the fungus produces an acid or base secretion that causes the agate to become translucent and simultaneously bind it all together. However, there is a scientific explanation for how these fascinating inclusions form.
Local legend says that any object that remains in front of the stone for too long will be imprinted inside. Some refer to Shazar stone as the Stone of Plentitude and believe it brings abundance and richness in all areas of life.
In fact, the name Shazar or Shajar comes from the Arabic word “Sazar” meaning tree. This agate is characterized by its tree like inclusions that can look like miniature foggy landscapes. Shazar stone is found exclusively in the Ken River in the Banda district of India and is believed to have been discovered around 400 years ago. Like landscape jasper, each unique stone displays a miniature image that seems plucked right out of nature. Dark trees emerging through rolling fog just before dawn on the edge of a forest.can you see it? These incredible stones are a type of Indian dendritic agate known as Shazar stone.
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