Red Botswana Agate 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16-Inch Size_10x14mm depositing layer upon layer of

depositing layer upon layer of Quartz silicate to create the banding and patterns now prized in Botswana Agate

Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn

Mica is a mineral name given to a group of minerals that are physically and chemically similar

Rhyolite or Tuff

This Lapis has been treated to enhance the blue color

Red Botswana Agate 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16-Inch Size_10x14mm depositing layer upon layer ofRed Botswana 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.