4x6 mm Dendritic Opal Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube - 15-16 Inch birthstone_turquoise milky to pink silicon dioxide

milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral

although sometimes mistaken for Jasper

Fancy Jasper

These druzy collars are part of a hand-picked collection unlike anything we'd seen available before

This stone is composed of angular fragments of minerals

4x6 mm Dendritic Opal Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube - 15-16 Inch birthstone_turquoise milky to pink silicon dioxideThis variety of opal is named "dendritic" for the small inclusions within it that resemble moss or ferns. These inclusions consist of iron, manganese and other metallic oxides captured during the forming of the rock. Opals are hydrated amorphous forms of silica, created when silica hardens within the fissures of other stones.