Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! LapidaryCentral Mexican Velvet Obsidian

Mexican Velvet Obsidian

but it is also known as Rattlesnake Jasper or Flamingoite

you get exactly what you see in the photos

and is considered an old Oregon classic

with most deposits having never been blasted

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! LapidaryCentral Mexican Velvet ObsidianApple 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, they are still being formed! With Apple Valley Jasper, each layer is a unique story, as