Red Agate

For the fire you keep tending even when no one's watching.

Stone

Chalcedony (agate)

Major Sources

Brazil, India & Indonesia

Treatment

Often heated or dyed; we disclose treatments

Red agate is banded chalcedony colored by iron oxides, from orange-red to deep brick, and overlaps with carnelian. Much red agate on the market is heated or dyed to deepen its color. It's sold tumbled, as slices, palm stones and beads.