Botswana Agate 8mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads labradorite where it gets its name

where it gets its name

Iolite most commonly occurs in shades of blue to gray

yellow or gray and occasionally translucent milky white

but it can also occur as orange

Botswana Agate 8mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads labradorite where it gets its nameBotswana 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.