Botswana Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Mixed Moonstone Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred

Blue Sodalite is sometimes referred to as “poor man’s lapis” because of its similar color and much lower cost

and the sheets and flakes of mica are flexible

is aptly named for its shades of gold

making it the hardest silicate mineral

Botswana Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Mixed Moonstone Blue Sodalite is sometimes referredBotswana 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.