Botswana Agate 13x18mm A Grade Oval Cabochon Table Cut Cube Banded Tourmaline has often been confused

Tourmaline has often been confused with other stones

Rosewood is a hardwood found in the Phillipines

This later combined with additional silica in the groundwater as well as the minerals that give Mookaite its distinctive colors

that is not formed in the Earth’s crust

Botswana Agate 13x18mm A Grade Oval Cabochon Table Cut Cube Banded Tourmaline has often been confusedBotswana 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. Sold individually. These cabochons are all unique and vary