Botswana Agate 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget - 15-16 Inch R0486 features intricate light brown patterns

features intricate light brown patterns on dark brown stones

and opalescence or lustrous sheen in opaque samples

and crystal formations on the collars are natural and unenhanced in any way

This unique stone is named after a now debunked theory of a continent called “Lemuria” thought to have sunk into the Indian Ocean

while maintaining the wood's original structure

Botswana Agate 7x8mm Faceted Round Nugget - 15-16 Inch R0486 features intricate light brown patternsBotswana 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.