Fossil agate bracelet United States AB (7-8mm balls)

BRA-AGAFS-02
Origin: United States
Grade: AB

Very beautiful bracelet made of 7-8mm fossil agate balls.
Colors and patterns may vary from one stone to another.

Fossil agate is one of those ancient stones that passes on its benefits to those around you. It has considerable powers and has symbolized prosperity and abundant money for centuries. This fossil agate is also called shell agate or turritella agate.

The name agate like all other kinds of agates comes from the Achates River of Sicily. It is indeed in this river that the first agates were discovered. The Greeks therefore named them “agate”, which means “that which is good”.

Then fossil agate or turitelle agate appeared. Its name comes from shells, snails called turitelle. Which is very curious because the formation of this agate took place in old dry lakes and the turitella is an ocean gastropod. Today, this type of fossil snail has not been definitively recorded as a freshwater fossil.

In reality, the first traces of fossil agate are complicated to establish with certainty. We have writings dating from Pliny, an ancient naturalist, appearing to describe fossil agate, and more recent writings from Buffon, a 16th century French naturalist and mathematician. Note that this stone has several names (fossil agate, turitella agate, shell agate), which does not make the task easy!

In any case, it is an agate from the quartz family, black/gray in color with brown or white spots and with encrusted shell fragments. These fossilized shells are caught in silica. The etymology of its name comes from these shells.

One thing is certain: the benefits of this fossil agate stone have been established for centuries. However, due to their large number and different varieties, agates find themselves devalued. However, they have proven to be incredible stones of well-being.

The civilizations of Antiquity were well aware of the value of these fossil agates. They were used as a talisman stone, lucky charm, which brings financial prosperity. This can be explained in very distant times when shellfish were exchanged for a few pennies.

In ancient times, turitelle agate was a spiritual crystal, intimately linked to the earth and the house. It connects spirits to their ancestry, their personal history and the events of their lives. It is considered a stone of survival, strength and protection. It is said that these past elements contained in this stone provide wisdom and prosperity. This would come from the appearance of this agate with its fossilized snail patterns inside.

The main deposits are in the United States.

Fossil agate is the symbol of a guardian of the past. It contains vestiges of the past, allowing us to have a certain perspective on our origins and our ancestors. It is an anchoring stone and allows us to find solutions to problems encountered, whatever their nature.

Turritella agate reduces superiority complexes and eliminates negative thoughts. It is a stone that allows you to maintain a certain balance during complicated periods or changes.

Its link with the past, symbolized by the fossils it contains, generates forgiveness and stops resentment. It offers the possibility of removing certain deeply rooted blockages, the cause of phobias and psychological disorders.

Agate, whatever its nature, promotes self-acceptance and restores confidence. This fossil agate soothes anger, facilitates love and gives the strength to start from scratch.

This type of shell agate is closely connected with the elements of nature. It thus becomes the traveler's stone, helping to fight against the dangers caused by earthly elements and maintaining links with family.

This fossilized crystal provides a very strong bond between mother and child. During Antiquity, agate was known as a good luck charm to promote fecundity and fertility.

This stone emits energies which work to restore the physical, psychological and mental balance of its wearer. He then feels immediate well-being, he feels soothed.