Apple Valley Jasper Lapidary Cutting Rough Chunk Stone Cut Face Old Vein Lace Agate and is extremely rare and

and is extremely rare and pretty expensive

nor does it appear to be a type of marble

you want to take advantage of it

There are some with fractures

It takes a pretty decent polish and works into some truly unique cabochons

Apple Valley Jasper Lapidary Cutting Rough Chunk Stone Cut Face Old Vein Lace Agate and is extremely rare andThis one has been cut and is unpolished. The last photo is taken dry. Apple Valley Jasper is collected from the exact location of the famous Apple Valley Agate (Sahara Desert of Morocco), but it is a fossil stromatolite. Stromatolites are ocean colonizing bacteria called cyanobacteria that get trapped in sediment layers. Stromatolites are one of the earliest known fossils; in some locations worldwide, they are still being formed. With Apple Valley