DDO118c Dendritic Opal Cabochon Animal Carvings a bright fireball appeared in

a bright fireball appeared in the sky and exploded in our atmosphere before the pieces landed among the mountains

52mm x 36mm

This is a polished specimen featuring red and bluish black agate

and a few black dendrites

sometimes with picturesque qualities

DDO118c Dendritic Opal Cabochon Animal Carvings a bright fireball appeared inThis polished cabochon is made from Turkish Dendritic Opal, and shows translucent and opaque white chalcedony with black dendrites. 29mm x 33mm Dendritic Opal is technically a form of agate (microcrystalline silica) rather than a type of opal (microscopic silica with no crystalline structure). Since it typically displays opaque chalcedony rather than translucent, this name distinguishes it from other Dendritic Agates that have significantly different