Botswana Agate 14-25mm Nugget Top Drill - 15-16 Inch doorbusters-2024-CM Agate is one of many

Agate is one of many varieties of banded Chalcedony

In lower grades it can be transparent to opaque and is commonly light blue

air bubbles or black carbon deposits

which form fragmented patterns throughout the stone

Botswana Agate 14-25mm Nugget Top Drill - 15-16 Inch doorbusters-2024-CM Agate is one of manyBotswana 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.