Green Agate Sterling Pendant

The most famous place agate is mined is in Idar-Oberstein in Germany where it has been collected since 1548. Agate can also be found in other locations such as Uruguay, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Italy, Egypt, Madagascar and Scotland. It is said that agates attract strength and are a protection from bad dreams. Agates have been used in jewelry making since the biblical Babylonian times. The agates with banded colors were placed on the head of a sleeper to give rich and varied dreams.