Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch 02172022FEATURE Clear Quartz

Clear Quartz

It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that branch like tiny tree limbs through the stone

calcium carbonate and other materials

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red

Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch 02172022FEATURE Clear QuartzRed Botswana 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.