Agates of Cambay

Agate beads are the chief products which have a good market in the countries of Middle East and African coast. Other agate products are flower vases, ash trays, bangle, mortar and pestle necklaces, paper weights, buttons, rosaries, lamp shades, earrings, rings, bracelets, key chains, bowls, cufflinks and pendants. Agates are semi-precious stones with a wide spectrum of colours and fancy images. One of the most interesting gems of collectors delight, agate is a type of microcrystalline quartz falling under the general category chalcedony. Agate is characterized by its occurrence, hardness, fracture, specific gravity, refractive index and luster. The articles produced from agate are determined by and shaped according to the size, color, and natural formation of raw stones. The color and design found in one article would not exactly be the same as that in any other article and therein lies its uniqueness.