Apple Valley Jasper Slab Fossil Stromatolite Lapidary Stone Slice Cut Rock Owyhee Please see the dry photo

Please see the dry photo

and while it can have the occasional fracture

the National Forest service decided this was not a good idea and spent tens of thousands of dollars to cover the public deposit with loads of dirt to make it undigable

It often features gorgeous paint stroke-like feathery patterns with red

but with his passing

Apple Valley Jasper Slab Fossil Stromatolite Lapidary Stone Slice Cut Rock Owyhee Please see the dry photoApple 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 Jasper, each layer is a unique story, as the geological events and