Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads featured_06252026 A visually dynamic stone

A visually dynamic stone

This is due to high oscillating frequency and thermal conductivity

Agate is one of many varieties of banded Chalcedony

Lace Agates are said to keep the wearer well-balanced while helping to banish fear

It has a hardness of 8 on the Mohs hardness scale

Botswana Red Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads featured_06252026 A visually dynamic stoneBotswana 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.