Golden Amphibolite

Mycrocrystalline quartz, banded chalcedony-often infused with iron and aluminum
useful for curing insomnia and inducing pleasant dreams and are thought to have a universally positive effect on those who wear them.

Put yourself into another place--on a path through a forest. It's fall. It's maple country. Beneath your feet is a carpet of golden leaves dappled by soft earth. Every step takes you deeper into a world of intriguing textures and patterns. That's golden leaf agate, a deep brown agate with mid to dark tan/gold patterns pressed through it. Although much agate is a banded chalcedony, this stone is primarily a solid brown with a gold color surfacing from deep inside. It's perfect when you want a deep brown to mix with other colors. Sprinkle these beads among interestingly shaped pale green beads, add various shapes of sterling silver beads including heishe, and you've got a necklace that suggests silvery water flowing through a "forest" of golden leaf agate.

Nothing warms one like a mixture of tawny, sensuous golds and browns. Add intricate black veining and you have golden lace agate, the perfect stone for every camel-colored, black, or brown fashion in your closet. Although agates are formed in the cavities of eruptive rocks or in ancient lava all over the world, our golden lace agate beads come from Africa. Part of what I love about this particular agate is its versatility. Try mixing it with golden "jade" and golden leaf agate in multiple strands. Combine it with various shapes of aragonite beads and it fairly shouts "golden and gorgeous." Want it to whisper those words more subtly? Mix it with delicate Brazilian citrine. Get out your bead board and experiment with wood and heishe shell beads for a more informal look. Add a brick red accent with brecciated jasper. Try it with copper. You'll be delighted at the variety of beautiful jewelry you can create with golden lace agate.

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