Apple Valley Jasper Slab Fossil Stromatolite Lapidary Stone Slice Cut Rock India Tree Moss Agate This box is B grade

This box is B grade as it has some of what appears to be feldspar present

Goldstone works very easy

and as far as I know is depleted

making it a pretty neat cabochon maker

it often has a red composure

Apple Valley Jasper Slab Fossil Stromatolite Lapidary Stone Slice Cut Rock India Tree Moss Agate This box is B gradeApple 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