The effect of agate as a healing stone:
Agate is a very strong protective stone that gives confidence and vitality. It can provide security and stability in psychological difficulties. Agate can reduce sleep disorders and relieve anxiety. It works particularly well in distancing oneself from foreign/negative energies, can relieve inner tensions and promote optimism and mental lightness.
Agate, and especially Botswana Agate, is considered the most powerful protective stone for mothers. Even during pregnancy it is said to protect the mother and the expectant life and after birth it is considered a stone that is said to strengthen the bond between mother and child and make it more intimate.