Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Agate8mm Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz

Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz

" an allusion to the moon-like white reflections of the mineral or to the quality of the light transmitted from the stone

It also serves as the Mohs hardness scale index mineral for a hardness of 8

manganese and other metallic oxides captured during the forming of the rock

Red Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch Agate8mm Red Garnet and Crystal 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.