agates and jaspers

 Jaspers, agates and blood stone , belong to the same chalcedony quartz family, but each has there own visual aspect with different colors,patterns,and even different propeties of energy and healing!                                                                                                                                                        No gemstone is more creatively striped by Nature than Agate, chalcedony quartz that forms in concentric layers in a wide variety of colours and textures. Each individual agate forms by filling a cavity in host rock. As a result, agate is often found as a round nodule, with concentric bands like the rings of a tree trunk. The bands sometimes look like eyes, fanciful scallops, or even a landscape with trees.
 Agate foster love, abundance, wealth, good luck, longevity, acceptance, courage, protection, balance, harmony, generosity, strength, security and appreciation of nature.Agates are considered Power Stones. The are very grounding, solid and stable. All Agates have excellent protective and healing energy, and stimulate analytical capabilities and precision. If you have to deal with numbers, Excel spread sheets, charts and accounts, an Agate crystal on your desk will help you be more precise. Also helps awaken (discover) your inherent natural talents.                                                                           Jasper is an ornamental rock composed mostly of chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz, in association with other minerals, which give it colourful bands and patterns. Jasper was a favourite gem in the ancient world; its name can be traced back in Hebrew, Assyrian, Persian, Greek and Latin.Jasper is often named according to its pattern: landscape jasper, the most popular, offers a small panorama in stone. Ribbon jasper, picture jasper, and ocean or orbicular jasper are the names of other varieties. It''s found in many countries.                                                                                                      Jasper is considered a Power Stone and a stone that accepts intense responsibility as a Protection Stone. It gives one the courage to speak out and have personal independence.  Its a stone of the earth, and therefore a very "grounding" stone.  All Jaspers  have excellent protective energies. They help to re-align all chakras, in integrate those energies for our greatest good.