Mookaite 6x8 Tri Cut Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch Table Cut Cube veins and brecciated patterns

veins and brecciated patterns

this gemstone in its polished state looks like what it would be like to capture smoke in a stone -- bottomless black mixed with white wisps

it is a relative newcomer to the gem market

These colors swirl throughout the stone in fascinating matrices of color

Mookaite 6x8 Tri Cut Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch Table Cut Cube veins and brecciated patternsMookaite 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