Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch 02172022FEATURE Clear Quartz

Clear Quartz

and forms within a host rock such as ironstone or sandstone

calcium carbonate and other materials

It occurs in bright turquoise blues and darker blues as well as rust reds

Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone

Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch 02172022FEATURE Clear QuartzRed 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.