Botswana Agate 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch april_diamond created when silica hardens within

created when silica hardens within the fissures of other stones

Rhyolite or Tuff

Its color can be a soft pink

and it is also known as Toog

Ancient Egyptians sometimes buried their dead with amulets of Jasper for safe passage into the afterlife

Botswana Agate 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch april_diamond created when silica hardens withinBotswana 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.