Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Agate8mm often occurring with inclusions of

often occurring with inclusions of white

It has been prized both as an ornamental jewel and for its strong curative powers and protective energies

Elephant Skin Jasper

It also serves as the Mohs hardness scale index mineral for a hardness of 8

Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Agate8mm often occurring with inclusions ofRed 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.