Agate Candle Holder | Brazil

AA Grade
2 to 4 Pounds Each
Polished
Brazil

$45.00

Only 4 left in stock

Pieces from the batch shown. Weighed to the amount you choose. Every piece passes our quality control and meets or exceeds what's pictured.

Inspected and graded AA by our expert team. How We Grade

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In Short

This is a natural agate candle holder from Minas Gerais, Brazil, cut from an agate nodule with a well drilled for a standard tea light. It stands 4 to 5 inches tall and 2.5 to 4 inches across, weighs 2 to 4 pounds, Mohs 6.5 to 7. The front face is polished to show the banding, the outer rind left natural.

Batch Lot

Agate, Polished Crystals & Decor

Lot No. AGT-CDL-5300

The Piece

Form: Polished Crystals & Decor
Size: 3.00-4.00" L x 2.50-3.50" W x 4.00-5.00" H
Weight: 2 to 4 Pounds Each

Quality

Grade: AA · How We Grade

Provenance

Region: Minas Gerais
Country: Brazil
Sourcing: Community PartnershipiSourced through a regional cooperative or community-based workshop. Processing and economic benefit stay local, which means more of the value reaches the people doing the work.Our Sourcing Standards

Where It Comes From

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pieces from the batch shown. Every piece meets or exceeds what's photographed.Hand-inspected and graded in-house

About This Agate

Agate is banded chalcedony, a microcrystalline quartz that fills cavities in volcanic rock in slow layers. Cut through and polished, each nodule shows a cream or white quartz center ringed by tan, rust, and gray bands, sometimes with a small open vug where the layers never closed.

These come from a cooperative in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The front face is polished flat, the outer rind is left rough exactly as it came out of the ground, and the base is cut so the piece stands on its own.

Worth knowing: a great deal of the agate sold today is dyed bright blue, pink, or green. These are undyed, and the colors you see are the colors the stone formed with.

Traditionally Used For

Agate is traditionally a grounding, steadying stone, associated with stability and a settled mind rather than any dramatic shift. It is linked to the root and sacral chakras.

As a standing candle holder it sits at eye level where you notice it, which suits a stone people keep for steadiness. There is no single right way to use it.

These are traditional associations drawn from historical practice. This stone is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.

Traditional Associations

Offered as a starting point for your own practice.

Traditionally Used For

Chakra

Element

Earth

Zodiac

Gemini

Try ThisIn a pocket or bag, something solid to hold on a long day.

Traditional associations drawn from historical practice. Not a substitute for medical or mental health care.

Care and Use

Sensitivity Low

Agate sits at 6.5-7 on the Mohs scale, about as hard as glass, so it handles daily use but will scratch against harder stones. Keep chemical cleaners away from it; they can etch the surface.

Do

Use A Standard Tea Light In Its Metal Cup
Never Leave A Burning Candle Unattended
Let The Stone Cool Fully Before Handling
Wipe With A Soft Dry Cloth
Clear Any Wax From The Well Once Cool
Stable Room Temperature

Avoid

Harsh Chemical Cleaners
Dropping On Hard Floors
Sudden Temperature Change

Good ForMantelAltarDining TableShelf

Traditional practice: cleanse with smoke, sound, breath or intention; charge under moonlight, morning sunlight (brief) or intention. Offered as tradition, not instruction.

What is Agate?

Agate Crystal Guide: meaning, origin & properties

Learn what Agate is, where ours comes from, traditional associations across cultures, and how to identify a real specimen, in our complete Agate Crystal Guide.

Read our full Agate guide: meaning, origin & sourcing → Or browse all Agate pieces →

Good to Know

Questions Before You Buy

Is this real agate, and is it heated, dyed or treated?

Natural agate from Minas Gerais, Brazil. No. Much of the agate on the market is dyed bright colors. These are undyed, so the cream, tan, and rust banding is natural to the stone.

Will I get the exact pieces in the photos?

You'll receive pieces from the same batch photographed, weighed to the amount you choose. Every piece passes our quality control and meets or exceeds what you see in the photos. Single specimens are listed separately and say so.

What size are the pieces?

Each piece measures 3.00-4.00" L x 2.50-3.50" W x 4.00-5.00" H and weighs 2 to 4 pounds.

What does AA grade mean?

Grades reflect visual quality within a batch. A is standard, with typical inclusions. AA shows stronger color, cleaner surfaces and tighter sizing. AAA is the top 10 to 15 percent of a batch. Every lot is inspected and graded by our team in Rockville, Maryland, not taken on the supplier’s word.

Where does it come from, and how do you know?

Minas Gerais, Brazil, cut and polished at a cooperative there. It came to us through a community partnership, one of the sourcing models we publish and stand behind.

Inspected, sourced and guaranteed in Rockville, Maryland

Inspected and Graded

By hand, every lot

Every lot is inspected and graded by our expert team before it is listed, not taken on the supplier's word. AA on this listing means stronger color, cleaner surfaces and tighter sizing than the batch average. Pieces that miss the mark never reach the shop.

How We Grade

Sourcing

Sourced through a community partnership

Sourced through a regional cooperative or community-based workshop. Processing and economic benefit stay local, which means more of the value reaches the people doing the work. We say what we know and where our tracing stops.

Our Sourcing Standards

Our Promise

Natural stone, every time

Everything we sell is natural in origin: never synthetic, never dyed, never coated. Where a stone has been heated, irradiated or stabilized, which is common in the trade for some species, we say so on the listing. If a piece is not as described, return it within 90 days of delivery.

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Agate Candle Holder | Brazil

In Short

Agate, Polished Crystals & Decor

The Piece

Quality

Provenance

Where It Comes From

About This Agate

Traditionally Used For

Traditional Associations

Care and Use

Do

Avoid

Agate Crystal Guide: meaning, origin & properties

Questions Before You Buy

Inspected, sourced and guaranteed in Rockville, Maryland

By hand, every lot

Sourced through a community partnership

Natural stone, every time

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