{"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. These are strung in batches from the same material, so yours will be closely similar in colour and pattern but not the exact bracelet pictured.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Crystal Showroom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59001889784152,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/4880\/5720\/files\/mb_2-2.jpg?v=1793567861","url":"https:\/\/thecrystalshowroom.com\/products\/mookaite-bracelet-8-mm-beads-natural-australia","provider":"The Crystal Showroom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}