Dendritic Black Opal 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Yellow Jasper while maintaining the wood's original

while maintaining the wood's original structure

These strands were cut into beads with some of the material the Chalcedony was mined out of remaining

Known in antiquity as the Speaker’s Stone

The colors in this stone can range from pistachio to moss green with areas of pink

The proper name for Rosewood is Petersianthus quadrialatus

Dendritic Black Opal 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Yellow Jasper while maintaining the wood's originalThis 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.