Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Jade in colors from light green

in colors from light green to yellow green to olive

The first rough material was offered for sale in Tucson in 2011 and is now regularly mined at the remote deposit site in Sonora

This effect is known as “labradorescence

Since gemstones (natural

Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Jade in colors from light greenRed 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.