Botswana Agate 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads R0187 and in standard porcelain

and in standard porcelain

whose color often caused ancient jewelers to confuse it with Emerald

It was named and first described by the Greek philosopher and botanist Theosphrastus in 315 BCE

Item Type: Specimen

Tiger Iron has long been popular with jewelry-makers

Botswana Agate 6mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads R0187 and in standard porcelainBotswana 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.