![]() ![]() Mookaite jasper has fascinated generations of people because of its vibrant colors and earthy elegance. The variation in colors is often caused by the presence of iron oxides in the stones. Some stones are monochromatic in color, while others are mottled with rainbow-like shades of reds and yellows. It can be found in various colors, ranging from red, purple, yellow, brown to mauve. The best ones are the chalcedonic variety, which is perhaps the most common material used to make cabochons and jewelry. Most of the time, these stones had been described as chalcedony, chert, or opalite. ![]() After being buried under layers of sediment for a long time, the material silicified and thus became the mookaite jasper that people know today. These types of plankton have unique opaline silica as skeletal structures. In reality, mookaite jasper is made up of cryptocrystalline silica and the remains of microscopic creatures called radiolarite. There are also various other terms used to call this stone such as Moukite and Mook Jasper however, Mookaite Jasper is perhaps the most correct one. Mookaite jasper is also called Australian Jasper. In turn, the creek got its name from the Aboriginal word mooka, which, according to the locals, means “running waters”. ![]() It’s a locally coined word, and the stone was named from the location where rich deposits of this particular type of jasper were found, Mooka Creek. The term “mookaite” is actually not the official name used to describe this stone. Mookaite Jasper is a unique stone that hails from only one place in the world: Kennedy Ranges of Western Australia. ![]()
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