written by: Ahmed Rawdhan
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Yemeni Agates
Yemeni Agate is part of the international agates as a precious stone consisting of chalcedony and quartz as its primary components, consisting of a wide variety of colors. Yemeni Agates are primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic rocks. The name Yamani is given to any agate mined for in Yemen
what makes Yemeni Agates different
Yemeni Agate were famous since thousands of years for its highest quality and its variety of colors and types and also for its relation to the religious believes

In this page we re going to talk about some types of the Yemeni Agates available in the Yemeni, Arabic and international markets

Types of Yemeni Agates
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Pictorial Yemeni Agates
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Ice-color white Yemeni Agates
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Cerasus-color Yemeni Agates
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Liver-color Yemeni Agates
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Yemeni Carnelian, Red Agates
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Pomegranate-color Yemeni Agates
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Orange-color Yemeni agates
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Golden Yemeni Agates
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Honey-color Yemeni Agates
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Apricot-color Yemeni Agates
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Dates-color Yemeni Agates
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Yellow Yemeni Agates
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Sharaf Ashams Yemeni Agates
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Black Yemeni Agates
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Shafat Al-abd Yemeni Agates
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Sulaimani Yemeni Agates
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Jaza Yemeni Agates
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Eyes of Yemeni Agates
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Dawoody Yemeni Agates
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Dendritic Yemeni Agates
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Moss Yemeni Agates
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Needle Yemeni Agates
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Sky-color Yemeni Agates
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Yellow Yemeni Agates
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Green Yemeni Agates
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saffron-color Yemeni Agates
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Yemeni Bloodstones
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Baqrani Yemeni Agates
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Murad Yemeni Agates
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Ismael Yemeni Agates
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Yemeni Jade

Provinces of Yemen in which Yemeni Agates are mined for
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Dhamar Province
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Sana'a Province
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Ibb Province
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Taiz Province
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Shabwah Province
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Some other provinces

Yemeni Agates are mostly mined for in a lot of areas in Anes mountains in Dhamar Province, like Alhan mountain in Hemiar , Bani khaled, Dhuran mountain, And also in Almanar and Asharq mountain. Also Yemeni Agates are mined for in some other places in Dhamar like Ans,....
Also Yemeni agates are mined for in other provinces like Sana'a, khawlan area, Ibb, Taiz and Shabwah
Forms of Yemeni Rough Agates
Yemeni Agates can be found in volcanic and metamorphic rocks after digging to different depths. They comes in a form of rocks in different shapes containing other impurities

Processes of preparing Yemeni Agate stones
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Mining
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Classification and selection of the suitable ones
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Sawing and removing other impurities
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Grinding and making the required shape
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Polishing
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Faceting
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Heat treatment for Yemeni Carnelian

How to identify the original Yemeni Agates
we may be able to some degree identify the Yemeni Agates origin depending on some tips, like lab test to check color distribution in a stone, also colors of veins in stone.
Also, we can check the style of Yemeni grinding and Finally compare color to the famous Yemeni agate colors

Some tools and machines used for making Yemeni Agates
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Sawing Machine : used for sawing Yemeni Agates using teethless sawing blade
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Grinding machine: used for grinding Yemeni agates to make the desired shape like oval, round ,square and any other shape. It is used sometimes for polishing with sanding papers. This machine uses silicon or diamond grinding wheels with different grits
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Tumbling machine: After grinding, stones with similar hardness are put wet inside tumbling machine with certain powders for sometime
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Polishing powder: different types of powders in different grits are added to the tumbling machine for polishing Yemeni agates
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Sanding powders: are used for polishing Yemeni agates instead of tumbling machine or as a part of tumbling processes
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Forming and drilling machines for beads
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Faceting machines used for making nice facets
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Some required safety tools: it is important to put on face mask ,glasses and finger caps

Stores for selling lapidary tools in Yemen
Diamond World lapidary tools, sells tools and machines for Yemeni agates workshops
