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Mookaite: The Australian Jasper Formed From 100 Million Year Old Marine Microfossils

by Laura Konst
Mookaite is a Jasper variety from Western Australia whose vivid reds, yellows, purples, and creams all trace back to a single source: the silicified remains of radiolaria, microscopic single-celled marine organisms that lived in a shallow sea covering inland Australia 100 million years ago.