Botswana Agate, gray on gray

I love Botswana agate for the subtle details in each stone. This necklace is 23.5 inches from clasp to hook so it lays on the upper chest when worn.  Made of light and dark grays with silver accents, you’ll love the look of this over your favorite sweater.

A bit of Agate lore quoted from Crystal Vaults

Botswana Agate wraps layers of gentle pinks, brown and grays around the soul like soft, warm flannel. It is comforting and soothing to those who are lonely, easily hurt or grieve a loss. Its quiet energy is particularly centering in meditation. Also, as a fortification Agate, it supports love and strength to look for solutions rather than dwelling on difficulties.

Botswana Agate is a variety of banded Chalcedony, a mineral of the Quartz family. It is predominantly banded in shades of pink and gray, though some layers may contain a muted brown or apricot. Agate has a lower intensity and vibrates to a slower frequency than other stones, so is regarded as a stabilizing and strengthening influence. [Simmons, 6] It is excellent for balancing emotional, physical and intellectual energy, and in harmonizing yin and yang, the positive and negative forces of the universe. [Hall, 39]

Named for the area in Africa where it is mined, Botswana Agate is called the Sunset Stone because it retains sunlight and comforts people through dark, lonely nights. It was traditionally used in African fertility ceremonies to encourage potency and the conception of strong, healthy offspring. [Eason, 54]

The volcanic activity that produced these lovely stones dates back nearly 187 million years ago. The igneous stones of Botswana began as volcanic flow but  not from mountainous volcanoes. Rather the lava flowed in waves from long faults along the lower rock layers and rolled across the landscape, depositing layer upon layer of Silica/Quartz, creating the extra fine banding and patterns which make Botswana Agates highly unique and desirable.

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