Description
Pink Botswana Agate
Pink Botswana Agate Metaphysical meanings and properties
Pink Botswana Agate Helps one to explore unknown territory and your own creativity Mentally, Pink Botswana Agate helps you to see the “bigger picture” Gently releases repression
Healing Properties
Helps rid the body of toxins Benefits the circulatory system
Chemical
Chemical Composition
SiO2
Crystal Structure: Hexagonal
Hardness 7
Crystal Formula SiO2
Crystal Structure Rhombohedral Microcrystalline
Hardness 7
Pink Botswana Agate /ˈæɡət/ is a cryptocrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterized by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.Donald W. Hyndman, David D. Alt (2002). Roadside Geology of Oregon (18th ed.). Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. p. 286. ISBN 0-87842-063-0.
Most agates occur as nodules in volcanic rocks or ancient lavas, in former cavities produced by volatiles in the original molten mass, which were then filled, wholly or partially, by siliceous matter deposited in regular layers upon the walls. Agate has also been known to fill veins or cracks in volcanic or altered rock underlain by granitic intrusive masses. Such agates, when cut transversely, exhibit a succession of parallel lines, often of extreme tenuity, giving a banded appearance to the section. Such stones are known as banded agate, riband agate and striped agate.wiki
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