Apple Valley Jasper Rough! Fossil Stromatolite! Leopard Skin Jasper When cut right

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and a gap has existed among those that loved this material

This material is found in Oregon

It takes a great polish and works into some pretty amazing cabochons

Here is a gorgeous old stock slab of the extremely rare Australian Petrified Wood

Apple Valley Jasper Rough! Fossil Stromatolite! Leopard Skin Jasper When cut rightApple 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