Botswana Agate 10mm Round - Large Hole Beads Viking’s Compass Noreena Jasper is a silicified

Noreena Jasper is a silicified pelite or mudstone mined in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

cobalt or nickel

White Howlite is named for Canadian mineralogist Henry How

It forms when Quartz and Feldspar crystallize in radial aggregates within other silica to rich stones

Stabilized turquoise is the contemporary version of waxing

Botswana Agate 10mm Round - Large Hole Beads Viking’s Compass Noreena Jasper is a silicifiedBotswana 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.