Mookaite
Lapidary material
Also called Mook jasper and Mookite
About it
Mottled red, mauve, and yellow silica rock built from the skeletons of tiny marine plankton (radiolarians). Mined near Mooka Creek in the Kennedy Ranges of Western Australia.
- Type
- Lapidary material
- Group
- Radiolarite (silicified)
- Lustre
- waxy, dull
- Colours
- red, mauve, yellow, cream, brown, mottled
- Transparency
- opaque
- Cleavage and fracture
- none; conchoidal fracture
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.