DDO118c Dendritic Opal Cabochon Animal Carvings and a few black dendrites

and a few black dendrites

sometimes with picturesque qualities

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

and sprays of the classic feathery shape

52mm x 36mm

DDO118c Dendritic Opal Cabochon Animal Carvings and a few black dendritesThis 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