Septarian Gemstone Crystal Egg 1 us size 5 Oval Cabochon of well defined

Oval Cabochon of well defined Bloodstone ~ a fine example with blood red drops of Hematite in green Jasper

Face  21 x 33 mm

Whilst not a tremendously rare stone

Great design from Julio ~ lovely detail on the feathered wings

Iolite is pleochroic

Septarian Gemstone Crystal Egg 1 us size 5 Oval Cabochon of well definedSeptarian Gemstone Egg Septarian is a concretion of rock, formed from a calcium rich clay that hardened into a limestone nodule. Later, the rock shrank, creating cracks that were then filled with water in which calcite crystal formed. The angular cracks are called septaria which comes from the Greek word septum meaning partition. That Calcium rich clay was originally the bed of an Ocean so the source of the Calcium was Marine Life. The Brown crystals