Botswana Agate 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads Stone Type_Elisa Turquoise ” It is chemically identical

” It is chemically identical to Granite

It is a variety of the silicate Spodumene

spread by the impact with the earth or moved through glacial changes

It's defined by a bright green color

These mines are also famous for sourcing North-American Jasper

Botswana Agate 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads Stone Type_Elisa Turquoise ” It is chemically identicalBotswana 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.