Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Slab It is a translucent to

It is a translucent to transparent stone with a soft pale pink to rose red hue

Delicate veining

It was named and first described by the Greek philosopher and botanist Theosphrastus in 315 BCE

from which its name was derived

Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Slab It is a translucent toBotswana 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.