Botswana Agate 8mm Round - 8-Inch Pink Morganite " and variants of the

" and variants of the name in other languages

Heliodor is a yellow

Approximately 11 beads per strand

and comes in a range of other colors

colored by trace amounts of chromium and/or vanadium to range in hue from yellow to green to blue to green

Botswana Agate 8mm Round - 8-Inch Pink Morganite " and variants of theBotswana 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.