Botswana Agate 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads Stone Type_Elisa Turquoise It is a variety of

It is a variety of the silicate Spodumene

sodalite and pyrite

These mines are also famous for sourcing North-American Jasper

Stone Type: Rose Quartz

spread by the impact with the earth or moved through glacial changes

Botswana Agate 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads Stone Type_Elisa Turquoise It is a variety ofBotswana 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.