Agate ni microcrystalline itandukanye ya silika, cyane cyane chalcedony, irangwa nubwiza bwayo bwimbuto nuburanga bwamabara.Isuku ryinshi rya agate yo muri Berezile (97.26% SiO2) gusya imipira yibitangazamakuru, irwanya kwambara cyane kandi irwanya aside (usibye HF) hamwe na solvent, iyi mipira ikoreshwa mugihe cyose ingero nkeya zigomba gusya nta kwanduza.Ingano zitandukanye za agate gusya imipira irahari: 3mm kugeza 30mm.Imashini isya itangazamakuru ikoreshwa cyane mubice bya Ceramics, Electronics, Inganda zoroheje, Ubuvuzi, Ibiribwa, Geologiya, Ubwubatsi n’ibindi.