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Clovermoon
April 20th, 2002, 04:37 PM
Greetings to All! I have a question concerning the authenticty of a stone I just recently aquired; I was told it was a purple agate, and that it wasn't dyed. Is this possible? I can't seem to find evidence anywhere of the existance of true "purple agates", and was hoping maybe somebody here may be able to help clarify for me?!?

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Clovermoon
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Mithrea
April 20th, 2002, 05:21 PM
Agates form the color of whatever happens to be in the sandstone when they are formed. It is definitely possible to have a purple agate. Whatever mineral makes an amythest purple could also make an agate purple . . . possible bromine but don't quote me on that ;)
Epona44
April 20th, 2002, 05:43 PM
Agate is a variety of quartz, and is usually seen as moss agate, and blue lace agate. There is also a fancy multicolored agate with fanlike patterns that look like sea coral or branches. Sorry, I forget the name.

Petrified wood is an agate.

I also know that agate can be easily dyed, and frequently is. I think if you do a search of gemstone lore you might find something.

There is a rare gemstone that is light, sort of lilac, in color. It's called lazulite, but I don't know if it is related to agate. I think it's supposed to be a channelling stone.

Hope you find something.
Clovermoon
April 20th, 2002, 10:10 PM
The input is much appreciated! Thank you!

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Sequoia
May 9th, 2002, 03:35 AM
whoah!! If there's purple agate, I gotta get a piece of it!! ;)

hehe I don't see why it couldn't be. . . though I'm no expert on stones (see my "all those pretty rocks!" thread in Magick and Rituals. . . :D )

o.o how on earth do they dye stone??
Old Witch
May 9th, 2002, 08:47 AM
most stones are porus, I guess if you leave one in dye long enough ........it'll take.........I know heat can affect the color of stones, maybe it can do agate???
Squiddy
June 4th, 2002, 12:30 AM
Epona 44 wrote:

"There is a rare gemstone that is light, sort of lilac, in color. It's called lazulite, but I don't know if it is related to agate. "
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I'm pretty sure lazulite is not an agate. I think it's probably closer to lapis lazuli (Lazulite has a hardness of about 5.5 to 6 on the Mohs scale, and agate being in the quartz family, should have a hardness of 7)

As amethyst is also quartz, so I suppose there could be a purple agate that is undyed.

Any other amateur geologists/rock hounds out there that knows the answer to this question?

Hope that helped a little!

~Squiddy