Is dyed agate harmful to the body?

Agate is a jewelry that many women like. In addition to pure natural agate, women also prefer dyed agate. Dyed agate is agate that has been dyed so that the agate shows different colors. Dyed agate can be dyed by heating or using dyes, but some people worry that dyed agate is bad for the body. So, is dyed agate harmful to the body?

Dyed agate, as the name suggests, is the appearance of agate after being dyed. Agate is dyed by preparing the colorant into a liquid, impregnating it into colorless agate, and then subjecting it to heat treatment. It can be dyed into green agate by using chromium dye, and it can be dyed into burnt blue agate by using cobalt dye. Natural red agate can be changed into color by "burning red" heat treatment, which can turn light red agate into bright red.

Dyed agate is not only brightly colored, but also makes the boundaries between the color bands and color rings in the original agate become very blurred, and the color becomes uniform.

The dyeing of agate is called the optimized method in the national standard, and its name can be directly called without any explanation in the appraisal certificate. The colorful agates seen on the market today, if the price is very cheap, are mostly dyed agates, mainly in red, black, and black flower colors.

Is dyed agate really harmful to the human body?

Warm reminder: There are two ways to color agate on the market today: heating coloring and dyeing. Heating to color is an optimization method, it does not count as fraud and is harmless to the human body. The most common and widespread dyeing method uses chemical raw materials, which is harmful and counterfeit.

Chemically dyed agate may cause cancer if worn for a long time

The rumor that dyed agate is highly toxic is not groundless. Many dyed agates on the market are dyed using chemical technology, and the main ingredients of the dyeing solution used for dyeing dyed agate are highly corrosive potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, silver nitrate, etc.

The content of heavy metals chromium, arsenic, mercury and lead in dyed agate is relatively high. Mercury is not only easily absorbed by the human body, but also has a destructive effect on the human central nervous system. Chromium can cause damage to the liver, kidneys and other internal organs of the human body, and its accumulation in the human body can be carcinogenic. Although these chemicals can make agate present very beautiful and attractive colors, they are deadly killers hidden behind them!

In addition, in some places where dyed agate is produced, there is even serious groundwater pollution, forcing local people to drink only purified water. It can be said with certainty that because agate is dyed with highly toxic fuel, there must be toxic chemical residues, so wearing chemically dyed agate for a long time is harmful to the body.