Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 8-Inch Gift Cards This stone is a combination

This stone is a combination of two very similar materials: Azurite is a deep blue mineral produced by weathered copper ore deposits

a Venetian monk tipped molten copper into a vat of molten glass

the only region in the world where the stone is found

Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding

Origin: Brazil

Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 8-Inch Gift Cards This stone is a combinationBotswana 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.