Botswana Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Points olive green and gray-green

olive green and gray-green

West African Jade is a complex Calcium Aluminum Silicate and is a Nephrite Jade

but it can also occur as orange

Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in china where the stone was recently discovered

One of the best-known physical properties of topaz is its hardness

Botswana Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Points olive green and gray-greenBotswana 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.