Description
Wonderfully coloured red cream and brown Mookaite from Western Australia.
Type of stone: Mookaite
Origin: Mooka Station Western Australia
Approx Size: 175mm x 70mm x 11mm
Weight: 276 grams
Mookaite is an unofficial locally coined name for a silicified porcelanite
Mookaite is formed from organisms called radiolarians which were marine organisms. The fossilized remains of tiny marine organisms deposited their silica-rich skeletons as sediment . Over time, these sediments were compacted and mineralized, by silica from groundwater, to form Mookaite. Iron and manganese impurities contributes to the stone's vibrant colours.
The last 3 photos show the process we use to cut and polish slabs.
The front is polished and the back is left rough.
All photos are taken with the rock dry.
Comes with free stand as seen in the photos.
Please Note
As all of our stones are natural there may be cracks, holes and other imperfections. All of our stones are natural and we don't do any crack or void filling. We don't use oils or waxes to enhance our stones. We polish our stones by using finer and finer diamond polishing pads followed by different types of polishing oxide.
We do our best to show the true nature of our stones. Different computers and phones display colours differently.
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