Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Cave Creek Jasper Here is a gorgeous cabochon

Here is a gorgeous cabochon of Rain Forest Jasper

It tends to be fairly hard and solid

and the Jurassic Jasper Deposit

but some purple was seen as well

and has become increasingly popular because of this

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Cave Creek Jasper Here is a gorgeous cabochonThis 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,