{"title":"Jewellery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCrystal bracelets and jewellery made from real mineral specimens, with the material and origin stated as clearly as anything else we sell. A way to carry a specimen with you, chosen for what the stone actually is.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mookaite-bracelet-8-mm-beads-natural-australia","title":"Mookaite bracelet, 8 mm beads — natural, Australia","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA stretch bracelet in 8 mm mookaite beads, in the reds, creams and mustards the stone is known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMookaite is made of fossils. Not visible ones: the rock is built from the silica skeletons of radiolaria, single-celled marine organisms that settled in their billions on the floor of a shallow sea. When the sea retreated, silica cemented the sediment into solid rock. Every bead here is compacted plankton skeleton, coloured afterwards by iron oxide in the groundwater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt comes from one place on Earth. Mooka Creek, on the western edge of the Kennedy Ranges in Western Australia, is the only known source, worked by a handful of specimen miners since the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRock:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMookaite, a radiolarite, cryptocrystalline silica with radiolarian microfossil structure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSilica, with hematite and goethite granules giving the colour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSedimentary (radiolarite, grading to chert and porcellanite)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMooka Creek, Carnarvon Shire, Western Australia (only known source)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardness:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale; hard enough for daily wear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTreatment:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApprox. inner circumference:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e7 cm unstretched\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBead diameter: \u003c\/strong\u003e8 mm\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApprox. weight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 g\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStringing: \u003c\/strong\u003eElastic, stretch fit\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePhotographed as an example. 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Each bead is a slice through that, which is why the needle pattern is different on every one and why some catch the light through the quartz and others sit solid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo minerals, two hardnesses, one bead. 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Sustained UV breaks down the iron centres that produce the colour, and amethyst that fades does not come back. 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That is soft enough to be scratched by ordinary household dust, which is mostly quartz at 7. Fluorite also has perfect cleavage in four directions, so a knock on a hard edge can take a chip off a bead rather than scuff it. This is an occasional-wear bracelet, not a daily one, and it wants storing away from your harder pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMineral:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrystal system:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCubic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNot recorded\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardness:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e4 on the Mohs scale; soft, and the softest in this range. 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