Botswana Agate 6mm Round - Large Hole Beads Protection Smoky Quartz is a translucent

Smoky Quartz is a translucent smoky brown or gray variety of Quartz

Bloodstone was known in antiquity as Heliotrope

Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red

The name derives from “cuprum

Opal is a natural gemstone made from silica mineral and 90% are found in Australia

Botswana Agate 6mm Round - Large Hole Beads Protection Smoky Quartz is a translucentBotswana 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.