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Fire Agate gets its name from the ember-like flashes of light displayed on its surface which are caused by iridescent inclusions of Goethite or Limonite trapped within Chalcedony. Join me to explore the healing properties of Fire Agate, and discover powerful crystal companions to use in harmony with Fire Agate in your healing rituals and mediations.
A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Fire Agate: “I am strong and wise. I open myself to guidance from the fire element."
Common Healing Properties of Fire Agate:
- Enhances strength
- Promotes vitality
- Enhances your connection to the fire element and helps you learn important lessons from this energy
- Increases motivation
- Promotes romance
- Encourages you to follow your creative pursuits
- Deflects unwanted or negative energy
- Encourages self-reflection
- Supports you as you share your inner light with others
- Helps shy people speak up and feel more confident in their communication
- Assists you as you work through your fears
- Instills deep feelings of security
- Aids relaxation
- Enhances present moment awareness
Colors: Brown with iridescent flashes of yellow, green, orange, red, and purple (when natural) or bright orange with crackled veins of white (when heat-treated)
Zodiac Signs: Leo, Aries, Virgo
Companion Stone: Blue Pietersite
Moon Phases: First Quarter, Full
Companion Flowers: Rattlesnake Master
Elements: Fire
Companion Essential Oil: Cinnamon
Deity: Brigid (Celtic)
Tarot Card: Four of Wands
Common Origins: Mexico, Arizona (USA), California (USA)
Notes: Also known as Limonite-Included Agate, Iridescent Agate, Rainbow Agate, or as Goethite-Included Agate. People sometimes call the heat-treated stones Spiderweb Carnelian, Snakeskin Carnelian, Fire Carnelian, or Crab Fire Agate.
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More About Fire Agate:
This stone is deeply connected with the Full Moon in Leo. Fire Agate helps you discover new ways to express your romantic feelings toward others and can support you if you decide to make a grand gesture to show someone how you feel about them.
Fire Agate is also an excellent stone to work with at the time of Imbolc, especially to connect with Brigid in her aspect as Goddess of the Forge.
How to Work with Fire Agate:
Set a Fire Agate stone outside in the Sun, or place it on a windowsill where it will receive some sunlight. Let the crystal absorb as much of this vibrant, solar energy as possible and retrieve it the next day. Set aside some time for yourself to tap into your creativity for healing through art, dancing, cooking, gardening, or any other way that calls to you.
Before beginning your creative healing practice, hold the charged Fire Agate stone over your belly for a few minutes. Breathe deeply while holding the crystal here and when you feel ready, move the stone up to your heart for just a moment. Feel yourself filled with the fiery energy of the Sun any time you need a boost of creativity. End this practice by setting the stone on the ground where it can receive the nourishing energy of the Earth, and send it your gratitude for the energy it has shared with you.
How to Spot Fake Fire Agate:
Natural Fire Agate is deep brown and high-quality stones display an iridescent flash. This stone is technically a type of Chalcedony...it doesn't display any banding (compared to most Agates which are banded), and is found in a semi-botryoidal form with green, gold, & orange flash (sometimes even purple or pink!). Fire Agate is often expensive, with the most vibrant and colorful iridescent stones fetching the highest prices!
Fire Agate is often heat-treated to turn it a brilliant orange-red and it's then quickly cooled to create an interesting white veined, spider-webbed crackle appearance (sometimes called Spiderweb Carnelian, Snakeskin Carnelian, Fire Carnelian, or Crab Fire Agate).
Some sources report that this stone is made from rapidly heating and then cooling (i.e. crackle treatment) Carnelian rather than Agate. Both may be true as there is some variation in appearance of this stone.
People sometimes confuse the heated version of this stone with Fire Opal, which is genuine and has a similar intense orange color, it may have small fractures typical of Opal, but it lacks the white spiderwebbing.
Fire Agate Fakes Resources:
- https://www.solsticestones.com/post/crystal-cautions
- https://thecitrinecircle.com/blogs/identifying-crystals/real-fire-agate-or-treatedcarnelian
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