Botswana Agate 14-25mm Nugget Top Drill - 15-16 Inch 48hr_09242024 Turquoise beads found in Iraq

Turquoise beads found in Iraq date back to 5000 BCE

Lemurian Aquatine Calcite is also known as Blue Argentinian Calcite

which may contain iron oxide

It is a variety of the mineral corundum

A natural blue form of calcium sulfate

Botswana Agate 14-25mm Nugget Top Drill - 15-16 Inch 48hr_09242024 Turquoise beads found in IraqBotswana 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.