.	Dwarves' Earth Treasures Online Rock Shop: Botswana Agates Bobanong, Botswana, Africa	.

  Botswana Agates are commonly a favorite of the collectors because of their sharp constrasting white, gray and black bands as well as their shadowy effects. White, black and gray are the most common colors, but they can include the colors of lavendar, orange, purple, red and yellow. Orange and yellow colors are somewhat rare. There are some more pink to white agates as result of weathering ("bleaching"). They commonly come in small sizes (an once to half-pound), but I had heard of large ones being found.  The agates in Botswana were said to had been mined in great quantities in 1970s, but now because of Botswana's recent independance (and political problems?), the embargo had been placed on all raw material exports. Only processed materials (beads, tumble-polished, cabs, etc.) can be exported.
 

BOT2008n01-$5, dark colored	BOT2008n02-$5, dark colored or $8 for the pair	BOT2008n03-$5 fractures
BOT2008n04-$5, some fractures	BOT2008n05-$5  or $8 for the pair	BOT2008n06-$5, a fracture or $8 for the pair (above)
BOT2008n07-$5, good shadowing effect	BOT2008n08-$5, good shadowing effect or $8 for the pair	BOT2008n09-$5, fractures in quartz center
BOT2008n11-$5	BOT2008n12-$5 or $8 for the pair	BOT2008n10-$8 or $9 for the pair (above)
BOT2008n13-$8, a fracture	BOT2008n14-$8, a fracture	BOT2008n15-SOLD, shadowing effect
BOT2008n16-$8	BOT2008n17-$8