Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Deschutes Picture Jasper It goes by multiple names

It goes by multiple names

Both spots we hit new veins

with this particular cabochon appearing to actually be fossilized Palm Root

Agua Nueva takes a great polish and works into really amazing cabs

and can work into some amazing cabs

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Deschutes Picture Jasper It goes by multiple namesThis slab does have some fractures and may need treated and stabilized to cab or polish. Apple 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,