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1" Mookaite Jasper Pendant (Necklace) - Includes Chain
urn heads with this stunning 1" tall Mookaite Jasper pendant, bursting with vibrant, earthy color and polished to a glossy, mirror-like finish. The jasper was collected from the ancient Windalia Radiolarite Formation of Western Australia—an area known for producing some of the world's most colorful and dynamic jaspers.
This one-of-a-kind pendant comes ready to wear on a 24" silver-plated snake chain with a secure lobster clasp. Whether you're drawn to its bold natural beauty or its deep geologic roots, this is a piece that’s sure to spark curiosity and compliments. You'll receive the exact pendant pictured—a true original forged by nature and finished by hand.
This one-of-a-kind pendant comes ready to wear on a 24" silver-plated snake chain with a secure lobster clasp. Whether you're drawn to its bold natural beauty or its deep geologic roots, this is a piece that’s sure to spark curiosity and compliments. You'll receive the exact pendant pictured—a true original forged by nature and finished by hand.
About Mookaite Jasper
Mookaite jasper is a stunning, multi-colored stone with vibrant hues of reds, yellow and purples, formed from the fossilized remains of microscopic radiolarians. It is found in the 110 million-year-old Windalia Radiolarite formation, which formed on a shallow, marine shelf. Mookaite is found as vibrantly colored nodules in certain beds of soft white clay within the formation.
Radiolarite is a fine-grained, chert-like sedimentary rock composed predominantly of the microscopic remains of radiolarians. Radiolaria are tiny (100 micrometers!), free-floating, zooplankton that produce intricate mineral skeletons made of silica. When the radiolarians died, their tiny silica based skeletons settled on the bottom of the ocean and became covered in sediments like mud and clay.
As this sediment turned to sedimentary rock in a process known as diagenesis, the silica from the radiolarian skeletons pinched and coagulated into ribbons, nodules and other irregular concretions. These ribbons, nodules, and concretions are the mookaite within the clay layers. The coloration is due to other (mostly iron based) mineral impurities present along with the silica. Thus, mookaite can be considered as a fossiliferous sedimentary rock made out of the tiny skeletons of radiolarians.
Mookaite jasper is a stunning, multi-colored stone with vibrant hues of reds, yellow and purples, formed from the fossilized remains of microscopic radiolarians. It is found in the 110 million-year-old Windalia Radiolarite formation, which formed on a shallow, marine shelf. Mookaite is found as vibrantly colored nodules in certain beds of soft white clay within the formation.
Radiolarite is a fine-grained, chert-like sedimentary rock composed predominantly of the microscopic remains of radiolarians. Radiolaria are tiny (100 micrometers!), free-floating, zooplankton that produce intricate mineral skeletons made of silica. When the radiolarians died, their tiny silica based skeletons settled on the bottom of the ocean and became covered in sediments like mud and clay.
As this sediment turned to sedimentary rock in a process known as diagenesis, the silica from the radiolarian skeletons pinched and coagulated into ribbons, nodules and other irregular concretions. These ribbons, nodules, and concretions are the mookaite within the clay layers. The coloration is due to other (mostly iron based) mineral impurities present along with the silica. Thus, mookaite can be considered as a fossiliferous sedimentary rock made out of the tiny skeletons of radiolarians.
$39
SPECIES
Chalcedony var. Jasper
LOCATION
Mooka Creek, Gascoyne Junction, Western Australia
FORMATION
Windalia Radiolarite
SIZE
Pendant: 1 x .75"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#327648
