Botswana Agate 8mm Round - 8-Inch featured_04252024 It’s believed that Kublai Khan

It’s believed that Kublai Khan once offered an entire city in trade for a sizable Ruby

known for producing turquoise with strong color contrast and dramatic natural patterning

Because of its softness

The name is the Latin term for “water of the sea

Botswana Agate 8mm Round - 8-Inch featured_04252024 It’s believed that Kublai KhanBotswana 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.