Botswana Agate 7x8mm Faceted Swirl Oval - 15-16 Inch 48hr_09102024 It is a very soft

It is a very soft stone typically found near copper deposits

allowing its historical character and often subtle

It was used in the Egyptian Book of the Dead

a mineralogist and jeweler

and forms around pieces of sand or other irritations within such a mollusc’s shell to create pearls

Botswana Agate 7x8mm Faceted Swirl Oval - 15-16 Inch 48hr_09102024 It is a very softBotswana 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.