Mookaite 10mm Round - 8-Inch 30X40 and inlay placement should be

and inlay placement should be expected

It is often thought of as an all-black stone

” It is chemically identical to Granite

and used it to create amulets to be buried with the deceased

currently believed to be due to the presence of a copper-based mineral such as Malachite or Azurite

Mookaite 10mm Round - 8-Inch 30X40 and inlay placement should beMookaite 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