Dendritic Black Opal 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Yellow Jasper Sonora Jasper is the trade

Sonora Jasper is the trade name for Sonora Dendritic

while maintaining the wood's original structure

depositing layer upon layer of Quartz silicate to create the banding and patterns now prized in Botswana Agate

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 Sonora Jasper is the tradeThis 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.