Botswana Agate 10mm Round 15-16 Inch Unifying Crazy Lace Agate is often

Crazy Lace Agate is often dyed to produce colors that do not naturally occur in the stone

Like all obsidian

and the wood used to make them is only available after natural disasters fell young trees

inclusions of Goethite or Hematite refract the light between the layers of the crystal

Petrified Wood Agate is formed from the petrifaction process of primeval trees over the course of many years

Botswana Agate 10mm Round 15-16 Inch Unifying Crazy Lace Agate is oftenBotswana 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.