Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 8-Inch Gift Cards Malachite is a copper carbonate

Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding

a Venetian monk tipped molten copper into a vat of molten glass

and its name is derived from the Greek “apate

Origin: Brazil

Botswana Agate 10mm Round - 8-Inch Gift Cards Malachite is a copper carbonateBotswana 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.