Botswana Agate 12mm Round - 15-16 inch L02 occuring 10

occuring 10

It can be easily confused with other minerals due to its variety of colors and formations

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blue or gray

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Botswana Agate 12mm Round - 15-16 inch L02 occuring 10Botswana Agate displays highly defined parallel banding, usually in white on hues of brown, gray, pink, tan, apricot and purplish red. Botswana Agate was formed nearly 187 million years ago by lava flowing in waves from long faults in the earth. This lava rolled across the landscape, depositing layer upon layer of Quartz silicate to create the banding and patterns now prized in Botswana Agate.