Botswana Agate 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Optimism Bloodstone was known in antiquity

Bloodstone was known in antiquity as Heliotrope

Preservation is enabled by a lack of oxygen

Sometimes called the "Black Prince's Ruby" for its role in the English crown

” owing to its red appearance when sliced thinly or powdered

Botswana Agate 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Optimism Bloodstone was known in antiquityBotswana 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.