Blue Lace Agate is a wonderful metaphysical healing stone that is great for activating and healing the Throat Chakra. Blue Lace Agate enhances verbal communication and expression. It is both a grounding and spiritual stone, allowing one to bring their spiritual experiences into their everyday reality.

Blue Lace Agate is a very supportive stone, promoting the acceptance of one’s emotions. This calming stone can help those who may be feeling depressed or worried, and is believed to bring peacefulness. Blue Lace Agate is also used for dissolving repressive blocks that inhibit expression. Writers can use Blue Lace Agate to help with articulating inspired ideas. Put a piece of tumbled Blue Lace Agate in your pocket when speaking in public! Placed in the home, Blue Lace Agate helps to de-stress and keep family members from arguing.

Physically, Blue Lace Agate is thought to relieve sore throats, aching or swollen glands in the neck, and may aid thyroid problems. [Eason, 219] It helps strengthen the skeletal structure, and is useful in treating arthritis and hereditary bone deformity, as well as the mending of breaks and fractures. [Melody, 83]

Agate enhances mental function by improving concentration, perception, and analytical abilities. [Hall, 39] Blue Lace Agate also aids in fluid balance around the brain. The hydrocephalic may find relief by using a liquid elixir of this stone.

Placed on the abdomen or used as an elixir, Agate stimulates the digestive system and relieves gastritis. It is beneficial for the eyes, hollow organs such as the stomach, uterus, intestines, etc., and heals skin disorders and itching due to insect bites.

Agate is helpful to the heart and blood vessels. Wearing an Agate in the middle of the chest strengthens the cardiac muscle, and heals emotional disharmony that prevents acceptance of love. Blue Lace Agate is soothing for tension-related headaches and high blood pressure. A cold Agate placed on the forehead is generally effective in curing fever. (If the fever returns, however, consult a doctor.) Agate may also reduce the symptoms of epilepsy, and for some people guards against sleepwalkingIn general, Agates carry a quiet energy that works on the subtle bodies, and are great for achieving stability and balance in many aspects of one’s life. Agates tend to work behind the scenes on the cause, instead of the symptom, of an issue. Agate is believed to improve mental functions and can help where issues of clarity and stability are concerned. Agate is also helpful in overcoming negative emotions by bringing love into the chakras. Although they work very slowly and deliberately, this gentle nature of Agate helps them to have a lasting impact.

Physical and Metaphysical Properties for

PROPERTIES FOR STONE: Blue Lace Agate

PRIMARY CHAKRA: Throat-Chakra

CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Trigonal-Crystal-System

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: SiO2 Silicon Dioxide

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Pisces-(February-19-to-March-20)

NUMERICAL VIBRATION: Number-5

HARDNESS: 6-to-7-Hardness

COLOR: Sky-Blue-(light-blue)

LOCATION: Brazil, India, Uruguay

RARITY: Common

PRONUNCIATION: bloo lace ag-it

MINERAL CLASS: Silicates-Mineral-Class

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (PHYSICAL): Abdominal-Problems, Abrasions-and-Wounds, Aches-and-Pains, Arthritis, Asthma, Brain-Disorders-and-Health, Bruising, Colds-and-Flu, Dental-Pain-and-Problems, Eye-Disorders-and-Infections, Glandular-Disorders-and-Health, Headache-and-Migraine-Relief, Indigestion, Infection, Laryngitis, Pancreas-Health, Poisons, Psoriasis, Shingles, Sinus, Skin-Infections-and-Irritations, Stuttering, Tonsilitis, Ulcers, Urinary-Tract-and-Health

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (EMOTIONAL): Anger-Diffusing-or-Release, Anxiety, Conflict-Diffusion, Crying, Frustration, Honesty, Hope, Peace-and-Peacefulness, Sedative

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (SPIRITUAL): Angel-Communication-and-Connection, Appreciation, Cleansing, Connecting-and-Communicating-with-Spirit-Guides, Meditation, Vision-Quest

EXTRA GRADE: Beautiful light blue color with plentiful white banding, partially translucent, < 10% matrix

A GRADE: Nice light blue color with some white banding, opaque, 10% - 25%

B GRADE: Poor light blue color and/or with poor white banding, opaque, and/or > 25% matrix

AFFIRMATION: I communicate easily and effectively.

QUESTION: Do you use crystals to help facilitate peaceful communication?

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