Mookaite 8mm Faceted Rondelle - 8-Inch DSPremier brown and red bands of

brown and red bands of color allow the stone to be matched with many other gemstones in designs

It is often used in kiln furniture and foundry molds

” the Latin word for copper

magenta to purple

Mookaite 8mm Faceted Rondelle - 8-Inch DSPremier brown and red bands ofMookaite 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