Description
This necklace features a cluster of Australian mookaite jasper beads. There are about twenty five or more beads, and in white, yellow, green and maroon red. Some of the red beads have white markings. The bead cluster measures 2.5″ x 1″. The chain is sturdy with round links, and is attached to the sides of the pendant. The overall length is is 18.5″. It is marked 925 and is in very good condition. The beads are strung on wire.
AI description:
“The beads show the characteristic polychrome palette of mookaite — deep reds, mustard yellows, creamy whites and olive-greens — with a dense, waxy to vitreous polish typical of a microcrystalline silica (jasper). The beads are opaque, take a high polish, and show irregular color banding and mottling visible on the drilled ends, which is consistent with mookaite (an iron‑stained, multicolored Australian jasper).”
