Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch 02172022FEATURE Its needle to like inclusions

Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red

Clear Quartz

It occurs in bright turquoise blues and darker blues as well as rust reds

gray and white

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch 02172022FEATURE Its needle to like inclusionsRed Botswana 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.