Botswana Agate 6mm Round - 8-Inch Stone Type_Hematoid Quartz red and white to to

red and white to to as well as for its opacity and patterns

and the ability to adapt to change ("go with the flow")

is a lab-made form of zirconium dioxide

It has been greatly sought after throughout history and was at times valued as highly as Diamond

Morganite gets its pink hue from the presence of manganese or cesium in the stone

Botswana Agate 6mm Round - 8-Inch Stone Type_Hematoid Quartz red and white to toBotswana 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.