Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch

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Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 InchRed 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.

The first rough material was offered for sale in Tucson in 2011 and is now regularly mined at the remote deposit site in Sonora

The rounds even resemble little Earths

its coloring is the result of the chemical reaction that occurs when copper is introduced to water

It is composed of silicon dioxide

also known as the Stone Age

The stone fragments remain clearly visible

and was prized in ancient times for the ultramarine dye derived from it

Lapis was ground and processed to make the pigment ultramarine for use in frescoes and oil painting

as well as a prismatic quality that differentiates it from other varieties of Moonstone

brown and orange

Bahi Wood comes from Palm trees

Most commonly mined in Madagascar