Botswana Agate 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch

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Botswana Agate 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 InchBotswana 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.

a 19th-century German professor of chemistry and mineralogy

a warm peach

as well as its iridescent sparkle

It is one of the world’s oldest known stones

greenish yellows

Pyhsically

The image shown has multiple cabochons to give you an idea of the range possibilites of the colors

Porcelain Agate is a natural agate that is dyed and heated to give it the unique blue/black color and pattern that resembles porcelain

Its color is due to the presence of Manganese and Iron in the stone

ranging in color from pale yellow to golden yellow

Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in China where the stone was recently discovered

It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times