FREE: CARVED NATURAL AGATE RING "CAT"

The listing, CARVED NATURAL AGATE RING "CAT" has ended.

This is a neat carved ring out of a solid piece of, what I believe to be Indian Agate, in an approximate size 7 1/2 to 8, and the color is closer to pictures two and three. I call it gray, personally. I'm not sure how the blue in the first picture came into being, but that color is not true.

Here is a little history on agates: Probably the most famous place that agate has been mined is Idar-Oberstein in Germany where it has been collected since 1548. Most agate today comes from the huge deposits in Uruguay and Brazil. Agate is also found in the United States, Mexico, Madagascar, Italy, Egypt, India, China, Scotland.

Agate is the oldest stone in recorded history. Agates have been used in jewelry since Biblical Babylonian times. They were used to ward off storms. They were prized gems in antiquity. The agates with banded colors were placed at the head of a sleeper to give rich and varied dreams.

Agate is considered a protection stone. It is believed to attract strength and offer protection from bad dreams, stress and the draining of energy.

I hope that sheds a little light on this gemstone and on the quaint cat carving. Thank you for dropping by my auction. I have a very pretty fossil ammonite pendant in another auction....The coloring is really pretty..