Mexican Cantera Opal Cabochon - Jalisco, Mexico Adamite These Seraphinite Palm Stone Pebbles

These Seraphinite Palm Stone Pebbles showcase one of the most visually captivating metamorphic minerals on earth

It's a solid

Note:  The specimen if fragile/flakey and small pieces of quartz/kyanite will probably dislodge during shipping

where silica-rich fluids filled ancient gas bubbles in basaltic lava millions of years ago

The distinctive layers were formed in ancient oceans as dissolved iron reacted with oxygen produced by early microorganisms (cyanobacteria)

Mexican Cantera Opal Cabochon - Jalisco, Mexico Adamite These Seraphinite Palm Stone PebblesIve always been fascinated by how certain minerals look when they are left partially embedded in their host rock, and this Mexican Cantera Opal Cabochon is a perfect example of that natural contrast. In Spanish, "Cantera" translates to quarry or stone, which refers to the pinkish tan rhyolite matrix that surrounds the precious opal. Instead of being cut out as a traditional gemstone, these specimens are shaped and polished so that the opal sits like a