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Agate Var Botswana Agate

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Agate Var Botswana Agate

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Description
Locality: 
Bobonong Subdistrict, Central District, Botswana
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.2 × 3 cm
Description

Great typical Botswana agate with a very good "moving shadow" effect (called "wegeler" in Germany). A shadowy area in the lines seems to move to opposing sides when the agate is tilted. Those agates are sought after and good material isn't coming from Botswana in the last years.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agate

Variety Of: 

Chalcedony

Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Botswana Agate

Variety Of: 

Agate

Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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