Mookaite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch featured_06182026 depositing layer upon layer of

depositing layer upon layer of Quartz silicate to create the banding and patterns now prized in Botswana Agate

" is like the deep blue evening skies often seen above deserts and winter landscapes

It takes its name from Mooka Creek

Distinctive for its purple-and-gray tones

A form of chalcedony made of quartz

Mookaite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch featured_06182026 depositing layer upon layer 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