Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Agate8mm It has been prized both

It has been prized both as an ornamental jewel and for its strong curative powers and protective energies

it lightens because of further weathering and becomes Malachite

manganese and other metallic oxides captured during the forming of the rock

as well as brown to reddish brown or red in color

" an allusion to the moon-like white reflections of the mineral or to the quality of the light transmitted from the stone

Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Agate8mm It has been prized bothRed Botswana 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.