Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Display Specimen It can have gorgeous blue

It can have gorgeous blue agate

Both forms were discovered by the Quant Family in Prineville Oregon

Here is a chunk of old stock Calico Splatted Oak Opalized Wood from Washington

Sheen in obsidian is highly angle- and light-dependent—patience and positioning are key

and I was just informed that the mine this comes from has been permanently shut down

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Display Specimen It can have gorgeous blueApple Valley Jasper is collected from the same location and the popular Apple Valley Agate (Sahara Desert of Morocco), but it is actually a fossil stromatolite! Stromatolites are a form of ocean colonizing bacterial called cyanobacteria that get trapped in sediment layers! Stromatolites are one of the earliest known fossils, and in some locations around the world, they are still being formed! With Apple Valley Jasper, each layer is a unique story, as