This vibrant stone formed 145-66 million years ago shows earthy swirls of unusually bright red, yellow, brown, beige, and white colors. It is a type of cryptocrystalline quartz formed from silicified radiolaria (tiny marine fossils) and foraminifera. Due to the striking and unique patterns coupled with hardness of 7 on Mohs scale), Mookite jasper is valued as a gemstone. It is known to boost vitality, enhance intuition, and connect one to the Earth. Meditation with Mookaite is believed to open up the solar plexus chakra and boosts will-power and determination. Raw stone can be kept anywhere in the home or office or it can be carried along to experience it's prowess.