Botswana Agate 12mm Round - 15-16 inch Labradorite Historically

Historically

This stone is found in the Himalayan mountains in India and is comprised of a hematite and iron shell fossil

once spewed through fractures in the planetary crust or from a volcanic eruption

Canada in 1770 and named for the area

but those varieties are transparent

Botswana Agate 12mm Round - 15-16 inch Labradorite HistoricallyBotswana 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.