Dawn, there is basically one difference, the red agate is heat
stabilized to produce a clearer, darker stronger red than in typical
banded red agate; that is then carnelian. Carnelian is the
antiquarian term for heated red agate favored in the Roman empire for
the deep colour and the attached, purported, mystical properties -
all relics from pre-christian tradition(s). Carnelian also denotes a
slightly higher quality agate (no banding) was chosen to heat…