Botswana Agate 8mm Round 15-16 Inch Color_Tan Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz

Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz

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

creating iridescent flashes of blue

AKA- Norena Jasper

as well as its iridescent sparkle

Botswana Agate 8mm Round 15-16 Inch Color_Tan Red Garnet and Crystal QuartzBotswana 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.