Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Slab Delicate veining

Delicate veining

4 Inches / 40x60mm / 4x6cm

from which its name was derived

Its colors include burnt red

The original stones were often used as protective amulets and are usually scarred or pitted in places where they were ground off for use in traditional medicines

Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Slab Delicate veiningBotswana 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.