Botswana Agate 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads #9232 while maintaining the wood's original

while maintaining the wood's original structure

it is made up of volcanic glass

is often mistaken for turquoise due to its rich blues and blue to greens

It's a stunning specimen

Botswana Agate 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads #9232 while maintaining the wood's originalBotswana 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.