What colors does natural agate have? When we buy agate jewelry, we are usually attracted by the color of agate, because there are many colors of natural agate. Do you know how many colors there are in agate? How should natural agate jewelry be cleaned? Let's have a look
What colors does agate have
Red agate. Red is a main color of agate. Generally, agate is maroon, sauce red and yellow red.
Blue agate. It is mainly light blue. When the color is dark, the transparency is poor. Sometimes some other colorful stripes are distributed in the blue agate.
Green Agate. There are few natural, high-quality ones are more rare, and the price is also relatively higher.
Purple Agate. Purple Agate is also very rare. Purple is deep and light, most of which is grape stone. This kind of agate is rough and often translucent, but the purple of wolf blood agate in Inner Mongolia is more delicate.
Black Onyx. Mainly black, slightly cyan or gray, mostly translucent.
White agate. It is milky white or light gray, and often forms concentric lines and strips with colorless transparent agate. Quartz interlayer is often found in the middle.
Gray agate is dark gray, light gray or cyan, some have inconspicuous concentric strips, and there are often quartz interlayer or sand core inside.
Yellow agate. Generally light yellow, orange, brown yellow or light yellow, sometimes with pink, light pink and light red. Light gray agate interlayers form beautiful stripes.
How to clean agate jewelry
Step 1: prepare the agate bracelet, agate ring or agate necklace to be cleaned.
Step 2: prepare cleaning solution: light brine (10g salt and 500g clean water). Stir evenly to clean an agate bracelet or an agate necklace. Generally speaking, the amount of prepared solution can be added according to the proportion of your jewelry. The prepared solution is generally placed in a glass container.
Step 3: put the agate jewelry into the solution and soak it for 24 hours to completely remove the bacteria carried by it. If you feel uneasy, you can scrub it with a soft cloth.
Step 4: take out the agate jewelry from the solution and pour out the solution. Note: do not dry jewelry at high temperature, which will damage the internal structure of agate.