Agate hard texture, beautiful shape, feel warm in winter and cool in summer, is a very good jewelry and decorative materials.
In the purchase of agate, from agate hardness, transparency, color, texture and other comprehensive investigation, so as to avoid buying artificial agate or defective products.
1, with a knife to check the hardness of agate, real agate is generally hard, with a knife on its surface, will not leave scratches, and glass products can leave traces.
2. Check the complexity of the workmanship of agate. Because the agate stone is hard and lubricated, it is not suitable for engraving, but if it is genuine agate, the carved pattern is complex and exquisite, and the value is higher.
3, see if there are stripes, real agate generally have stripes, and more natural, false stripes are more uniform.
4, see if there are bubbles, carefully observe with a magnifying glass, if there are bubbles, it is false.
5, check the transparency of agate, real agate has translucent or opaque, transparency is somewhat chaotic, some visible natural water line, but the transparency of synthetic agate is generally better, and there is no sense of hierarchy.
6, feel the weight of agate, agate is generally heavier, can use two hands weigh the same size of agate, heavy may be true.
General plastic artificial agate feel light.
7, real agate warm in winter and cool in summer, use your hands to feel agate, real will warm in winter and cool in summer, and false changes with the temperature.
8. Check the color of agate. The color of real agate has a sense of layers and bright colors. Red is the most precious, followed by green agate, blue agate and purple agate.
If you choose red agate, look closely at the bands of agate, which are densely packed with small red spots.
Ancient agate did not have machines to punch holes, so the line holes are generally not straight, if you see the line hole is very straight agate, generally is a modern imitation.
Artificial dyed agate will fade over time, while the real thing will not fade.
When agate of choose and buy, all sorts of means should be integrated to identify, in case now emerge in endlessly do false gimmick.
