4x6 mm Dendritic Opal Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube - 15-16 Inch birthstone_turquoise Thulite is the naturally occurring

Thulite is the naturally occurring pink variety of the mineral Zoisite

These druzy collars are part of a hand-picked collection unlike anything we'd seen available before

It won 1st price and has been used ever since in sculpture

although sometimes mistaken for Jasper

milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral

4x6 mm Dendritic Opal Table Cut Corner Drilled Cube - 15-16 Inch birthstone_turquoise Thulite is the naturally occurringThis 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.