Botswana Agate 10mm Round 15-16 Inch 48hr_07232024 These inclusions range broadly in

These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens

and short prismatic crystals

the mineral was named for French paleontologist Eugene Durmortier (1803-1873)

displaying these colors in patterns of parallel bands

it is believed to have been worn Cicero

Botswana Agate 10mm Round 15-16 Inch 48hr_07232024 These inclusions range broadly inBotswana 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.