Botswana Agate Natural 4X6mm Rondelle Faceted - Large Hole Beads Strand Length_8-Inch These inclusions range broadly in

These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens

as well as translucent and iridescent

thought to be derived from trace amounts of titanium

The mines these stones are sourced from are primarily copper mines

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Botswana Agate Natural 4X6mm Rondelle Faceted - Large Hole Beads Strand Length_8-Inch These inclusions range broadly inBotswana 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.