Botswana Agate 12mm Round - 15-16 inch L02 It can be easily confused

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

prized throughout history for its beautiful colors and patterns

and comes in a range of other colors

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These colors swirl throughout the stone in fascinating matrices of color

Botswana Agate 12mm Round - 15-16 inch L02 It can be easily confusedBotswana 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.