Botswana Agate 7x10 mm Table Cut Cube - 15-16 Inch Shanghai Jade Gems Once cooled

Once cooled

manganese and other metallic oxides captured during the forming of the rock

who used it extensively in their jewelry

It is a variety of banded Chalcedony with layers that may contain scarlet

calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron

Botswana Agate 7x10 mm Table Cut Cube - 15-16 Inch Shanghai Jade Gems Once cooledBotswana 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.