Tektite Natural 8mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch 5x8mm Red Creek Jasper is named

Red Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in china where the stone was recently discovered

gray and purple

This semi to translucent stone occurs in an array of hues

Bird’s Eye Rhyolite is named for its circular color formations of deep reds

Originally discovered in the 1940’s and not introduced commercially until 1978

Tektite Natural 8mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch 5x8mm Red Creek Jasper is namedTektite is a natural glass formed by meteorite collisions with Earth. When moving through the Earths atmosphere, a meteorite builds up heat that is then released into the terrestrial rocks with which it collides, causing the rocks to melt and combine with the remains of the meteorite, forming Tektite. It is composed of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide and other metal oxides.