FLOWER AGATE is a Quartz, with a hexagonal crystal system and hardness of 7. It has branching inclusions of iron or manganese. Dendritic Flower Agates are ideal tools for strengthening the fiber of the self through inner work. Those involved in therapy, meditation practice, rebirtiing, a twelve-step program or any other path of serious inner work will find Dendritic Flower Agate to be a helpful talisman. It can assist one in taking the day-by-day steps necessary to achieve the desired insights and behavior changes. Dendritic Flower Agate helps one to keep a positive, though not unrealistic, attitude while going through needed transformations. It assists in keeping one in touch with the physical world, so one does not live merely in one’s thoughts and mental processes. These stones can help reduce stress in difficult times, promoting a good-natured acceptance of one’s circumstances, as well as offering long-term help in improving them. The purple varieties of Dendritic Flower Agate are particularly well suited to purification of the body and energy field, and to working toward spiritual transformation. Dendritic Flower Agate harmonizes with Ellensburg Blue Agate, Satyaloka Azeztulite, Anandalite, Tibetan Tektite and Rosophia. Guardianite can assist with psychic protection, grounding and healing.