Agate: Dyed? Natural?

[daphne]

Can you please tell me what are the natural colors for the agate?

I have a pink one, so I guess it`s fake?
Does a colored agate keep its metaphysical proprieties?

 

[callistoluna]

you can get natural pink agate but it tends to be pastel colours not bright pink like a lot of the brazilian agates are (they are dyed)

The agates in the photo are dyed.

Agate is made up of tiny microscopic quartz crystals so the spaces between the crystals hold the dye in the stone.

Some dyed agates that are only cut in half (called geodes) have very dark skins on them of the colour they were dyed - as you move further into the agate, the colour becomes lighter.

 

[daphne]

you can get natural pink agate but it tends to be pastel colours not bright pink like a lot of the brazilian agates are (they are dyed)

The agates in the photo are dyed.

Agate is made up of tiny microscopic quartz crystals so the spaces between the crystals hold the dye in the stone.

Some dyed agates that are only cut in half (called geodes) have very dark skins on them of the colour they were dyed - as you move further into the agate, the colour becomes lighter.

Thank you!
Does a colored agate keep its metaphysical proprieties? Or it is not very appreciated beyond its "aesthetically" aspect?