Botswana Agate 6mm Round - 8-Inch Stone Type_Hematoid Quartz It is opaque and occurs

It is opaque and occurs in a wide variety of colors

Goldstone was first created during the Italian Renaissance when

is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide

Mother of Pearl is white with an iridescent sheen

It has been greatly sought after throughout history and was at times valued as highly as Diamond

Botswana Agate 6mm Round - 8-Inch Stone Type_Hematoid Quartz It is opaque and occursBotswana 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.