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⚫ | '''Greek agate''' is a modern name given to pale white to tan colored [[agate]], such as that which has been found in [[Sicily]] since the fourth century BC. Craftsmen in [[Magna Graecia]] used it for making jewelry and beads, necklaces and bracelets. Today any agate of this colour or from Greek/Sicily area of the Mediterranean. [[Theophrastus]] mentions the agate stones that could be found along the shore of the River [[Achates]], now known as the [[Dirillo]]. |
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⚫ | '''Greek agate''' is a name given to pale white to tan colored [[agate]] found in [[Sicily]] |
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The Achates River is located in what is now SICILY and the river is now known by the Italian name "Fiume Dirillo". |
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Revision as of 20:56, 9 October 2007
Greek agate is a modern name given to pale white to tan colored agate, such as that which has been found in Sicily since the fourth century BC. Craftsmen in Magna Graecia used it for making jewelry and beads, necklaces and bracelets. Today any agate of this colour or from Greek/Sicily area of the Mediterranean. Theophrastus mentions the agate stones that could be found along the shore of the River Achates, now known as the Dirillo.
The stone, although given the name agate by Theophrastus, had been around centuries before that known to both the Sumerians and the Eqyptians, who used the gem for decoration and religious ceremony.