O le Agate o se ituaiga microcrystalline o silica, e masani lava o le chalcedony, e iloga i lona lelei o saito ma le susulu o le lanu.O le agate Pasila (97.26% SiO2) e oloina ai polo ala o faasalalauga, e sili ona ofuina ma tetee i acids (sei vagana ai le HF) ma le solvent, e faʻaaogaina nei polo i soʻo se taimi e manaʻomia ai le oloina o se vaega itiiti o faʻataʻitaʻiga e aunoa ma le faʻaleagaina.Eseese lapopoa o polo olo olo maua: 3mm i le 30mm.O polo faʻasalalau faʻasalalau e faʻaaogaina tele i totonu o fanua o Ceramics, Electronics, Light Industry, Medicine, Food, Geology, Chemical Engineering ma isi.