Botswana Agate 8mm Round - 8-Inch Pink Morganite Natural topaz colors include rare

Natural topaz colors include rare and valuable yellow

and comes in a range of other colors

Heliodor is a yellow

" and variants of the name in other languages

It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times

Botswana Agate 8mm Round - 8-Inch Pink Morganite Natural topaz colors include rareBotswana 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.