Mookaite 8mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads KN08252022 occasionally mingled with rust-brown

occasionally mingled with rust-brown

meaning that it has lustre and some translucency without the fire or color play associated with precious opal varieties

” taking its name from the stone

this beautiful Rose Quartz rock specimen is perfect for gift giving or keep for yourself

and originally came from much farther away

Mookaite 8mm Round Faceted - Large Hole Beads KN08252022 occasionally mingled with rust-brownMookaite is a variety of Jasper in colors of red, burgundy, pink, mauve, purple, yellow and white. It takes its name from Mooka Creek, near the Kennedy Ranges of Australia, the only region in the world where the stone is found. Mookaite is formed by the ancient skeletal remains of radiolaria, a microscopic protozoa with a silica shell, that were deposited in shallow sea beds. This later combined with additional silica in the groundwater as well as the