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Brecciated agates have also had their bands broken apart and re-cemented with chalcedony, but they consist of disjointed band fragments at random angles. [9] [10] They are a form of breccia, which is a textural term for any rock composed of angular fragments. [10] [11] Eye agates have one or more circular, concentric rings on their surface. [12]
Fire agate is a variety of chalcedony that displays fire-like iridescent flashes. It is found only in certain areas of central and northern Mexico and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona and California). [ 3 ]
Crystal healing is a pseudoscientific alternative-medicine practice that uses semiprecious stones and crystals such as quartz, agate, amethyst or opal. Despite the common use of the term "crystal", many popular stones used in crystal healing, such as obsidian, are not technically crystals. Adherents of the practice claim that these have healing ...
Curanderismo: Mexican American Folk Healing (Second ed.). University of Georgia Press, October 1997. Cavender, Anthony P, and Manuel Albán. "The Use of Magical Plants by Curanderos in the Ecuador Highlands." Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2009, p. 9. Avila, Elena, and Joy Parker. “Woman Who Glows In The Dark.
The root is chewed to numb the tongue and relieve pain in the teeth and throat. It has antibiotic properties (so it is traditionally used against throat infection, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, esophagitis, gingivitis and other infections even on the skin), it is also recognized as a powerful antifungal (traditionally used against athlete's foot, onychomycosis, dandruff and candidiasis ...
Mexican crazy lace agate Agate. Agate - Hebrew שְׁבוֹ šəḇō; Greek ἀχάτης achates, Latin achates (Exodus 28:19, [2] 39:12, [3] in Heb. and Vulgate; also Ezekiel 28:13 [4] in Septuagint). This is the second stone of the third row of the priestly breastplate, where it likely represented the tribe of Asher.
The Mexican counterculture has an affinity for Sabina. The Mexican rock group Santa Sabina is named after her, and El Tri, one of the first and most successful rock groups in Mexico, dedicated the song "María Sabina" to her, proclaiming her "un símbolo de la sabiduría y el amor" ("a symbol of wisdom and love").
Cures, good health, fortune, healing, protection from diseases Don Pedro Jaramillo was a curandero and folk saint from the South Texas Valley region. He was known as "the healer of Los Olmos Creek " and "el mero jefe" (English: the real chief ) of the curanderos.