Botswana Agate Desert Dusk Necklace

Botswana agate is a banded chalcedony from the Bobonong district of Botswana. The fine parallel banding is a geological record, silica-rich fluid depositing in slow rhythmic layers over millions of years. The gray shifts depending on the light. No two stones band the same way.

Eight square agate tiles sit in a tapered descending grid, framed by gold, copper, and purple beadwork. Five iridescent glass spike beads hang from the bottom. A single peach/champagne clear glass teardrop drops at center.

The purple against the gray keeps it out of neutral territory without pushing it warm.

Pair with charcoal wool or soft lavender. Gallery openings, autumn dinners, low light.

Construction

• Botswana agate, square tablet cut, gray with fine parallel banding, Bobonong district, Botswana
• Fully beaded suspension strand, no metal chain
• Gold/amber seed bead lattice loops, primary lattice color
• Purple seed beads, secondary lattice loops
• Copper/orange seed beads, mixed through connecting strands
• 5 iridescent AB glass spike/dagger beads, base fringe
• Peach/champagne clear glass teardrop, center pendant drop 
• Lobster claw clasp closure