This is a Dendritic Mookaite Jasper Sphere with great color and patterns. The essence of Mookaite Jasper is to assist one in dealing with changes in their lives and focusing only on the moment of now. Although the dendrites look like fossilized ferns or branches, they are really inorganic manganese oxide inclusions. Jasper is a variety of Quartz, has been used by many cultures as a Sacred Stone because of its stabilizing and balancing effect on the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. The incredible energy released by Dendritic Jasper helps to bring us back into harmony with Mother Nature and can also stimulate our memories of past lives and facilitate healing. What a wonderful instrument of healing that is both pleasing to the eye and comforting to the Soul.