An "Accent Gem Designs by Michele" double-strand wrap bracelet handcrafted with Crazy Lace Agate, Copper ovals and glass pearls.
Agate: There are so many different varieties of Agates. No gemstone is more creatively colored and striped by nature than agate. In general, Agate is said to enhance one’s perceptiveness and to stimulate general analytical capacity, as well as provide balance between one’s physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual states. Agate is also said to alleviate hostilities and promote goodwill.
Agate is believed to help discern truth, accept circumstances, and is a powerful emotional healer. Legend says that Agate improves memory and concentration, increases stamina and encourages honesty.
It is believed to prevent insomnia and ensure pleasant dreams, to enhance personal courage and protect one against danger. Agate provides a calming influence, improves perception, concentration and helps to develop and increase one's analytical talents.
Healing Properties: Agates are among the oldest good luck and healing stones. In general agate enables the wearer to choose between true friends and false ones. It is said to avert storms and lightning, protecting children from danger, especially in preventing falls, and to bring prosperity.
Agate is said to help treat disorders of the pancreas and to improve circulation. It is also a balancing and cleansing stone that can help bridge the gap between head and heart. Different types and colors of agates are said to have additional properties. Source: Shimmerlings
Crazy Lace Agate is a balancing and protecting stone. It brings laughter to it’s possessor and absorbs emotional pain. Crazy Lace Agate is used to help with decision making by balancing the physical, emotional, and mental so that it is easier to make decisions.
It also helps one stay focused. Although, generally a protective stone, it has particularly strong emotionally protective properties. It is also said to ward off the “evil eye.” Physically, crazy lace agate is excellent for increasing stamina and energy, and is good for skin disorders such as acne, eczema, etc., is beneficial for the endocrine system and the heart.
Copper: The psychological and emotional properties of Copper involve increasing dream activity and it promotes the inner world of pictures and imagination as well as the creative world. As a result Copper develops creative imagination and dissolves confusion. It creates neutrality and balancing of mood. It promotes free expression of feelings. Copper makes it possible to live out and enjoy sense and sexuality.
Copper increases your mental agility and focus! It is also an excellent conduit for all energies, subtly enhancing the properties of crystals and aligning your own energy field.
Metaphysically, Copper has spiritual properties as well. It encourages a sense of aesthetics and beauty, as well as the development of spiritual culture. It fortifies a sense of justice, promotes friendship and love towards all beings.
Physical Healing Properties: Copper promotes absorption of Iron in the small intestine and triggers the transformation of stored iron into a form that can be transported by the blood. It is a catalyst in formation of hemoglobin and the formation of enzymes that keep blood vessels elastic. It improves all cycles, including circulation of blood, increasing energy and detoxifying your body. Physically, it is used in the treatment of wounds and skin diseases, as well as internal diseases, anemia, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and heart disease.
Copper promotes development of female sexual and reproductive organs and helps with menstruation problems. Copper promotes cell growth, cell respiration and pigmentation of hair and skin. It is also effective in lowering a temperature and loosening cramps and has anti-inflammatory properties. The greatest concentrations of copper are in the liver, brain and blood. As such, Copper stimulates all their activities.