Botswana Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Mixed Moonstone It is not a granite

It is not a granite

and the sheets and flakes of mica are flexible

Originally discovered in the 1940’s and not introduced commercially until 1978

It really adds to the  look of these interstellar objects and creates even more eye-catching appeal

Botswana Agate 8mm Round - Large Hole Beads Mixed Moonstone It is not a graniteBotswana 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.