Dendritic agate

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Everything you need to know about Dendritic Agate, its meanings, properties and powers. Learn how it can help you and how you can use its powers.

It can be challenging to tell the difference between dendritic opal and dendritic agate by first glance. Here's what to look for to tell the

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You might know now, agate is the term given to several varieties of stripy chalcedony –a mineral that’s part of the quartz family. However, have you heard of dendritic agate before? Well, dendritic agate, occasionally known as the tree agate isn’t striped, and thus not severely a kind of agate in exact terms, yet is part of the agate family. Aside from having a distinctive appearance, this stone also has amazing benefits that can be essential for its possessor. Good thing, in this article…

At first glance, a dendritic stone might be mistaken by the uninitiated for a shard of ancient Chinese porcelain. But while the intricate vegetal patterns that distinguish dendritic quartz and dendritic agate have a hand-painted, calligraphic quality, they’re actually a natural phenomenon caused by fern-like inclusions of iron, manganese, or other metallic oxides known as…

Although plumes in clear agate might create a more valuable stone, I liked the "trees in fog" aspect of this piece.

Dendritic Agate healing

A very special dendritic agate evokes a mysterious and lovely scene in nature. The stone is wrapped in 22k gold, and accented with four 22k gold trios. This magical pendant is backed in sterling silver, and suspended from a 14k gold paperclip chain. Pendant measures approximately 1 inch x 1 5/8 inches. Matte finish.