Red Botswana Agate 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch 11122021 It is a rare variety

It is a rare variety of Pectolite

so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their ancestral rulers

yellow and white

red and white to to as well as for its opacity and patterns

Red Botswana Agate 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch 11122021 It is a rare varietyRed 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.