Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads 30x40 with flecks of light to

with flecks of light to deep red and patterns of copper brown

" and variants of the name in other languages

but unlike rubies

brown and red bands of color allow the stone to be matched with many other gemstones in designs

yellow or gray inclusions and a silky luster or silvery sheen

Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads 30x40 with flecks of light 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.