MOOKAITE - Western Australia (large specimen)
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MOOKAITE
Large example weighing over 1.5 kg
Mooka Creek, Kennedy Range,
Western Australia
A beautiful piece of uncut and unpolished, natural mookaite, exactly as found.
The gemstone Mookaite is named after the site in Australia where it occurs. It is often referred to as a variety of jasper but it is actually a siltstone of Cretaceous age that has been turned into quartz (silica), and is technically known as a ‘porcelanite’ from its resemblance to unglazed porcelain.
Large example weighing over 1.5 kg
Mooka Creek, Kennedy Range,
Western Australia
A beautiful piece of uncut and unpolished, natural mookaite, exactly as found.
The gemstone Mookaite is named after the site in Australia where it occurs. It is often referred to as a variety of jasper but it is actually a siltstone of Cretaceous age that has been turned into quartz (silica), and is technically known as a ‘porcelanite’ from its resemblance to unglazed porcelain.
Caution: Just like flint, broken pieces of mookaite can have very sharp edges.
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Size: 14 x 9 x 9 centimetres
Weight: 1.58 kilograms
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