Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Slab as well as its iridescent

as well as its iridescent sparkle

The original stones were often used as protective amulets and are usually scarred or pitted in places where they were ground off for use in traditional medicines

Its colors include burnt red

igneous rock with high silica content

Diamonds actually form at high temperatures and pressures that occur in Earth's mantle about 100 miles below Earth's surface

Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Slab as well as its iridescentBotswana 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.