Botswana Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole BeadsBotswana 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.

Authentic DZI beads were used in ancient times in India

and opalescence or lustrous sheen in opaque samples

as well as gray and white inclusions in marbled patterns

1 Inches / 40x55mm / 3

and often features color banding

with little alteration of the external shape of the original crystal

spessartine

which may contain iron oxide

The name is derived from the Charo River in eastern Siberia

bright red

As a Serpenti

Brings a sense of peace and contentment