Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Polished Upon inspecting

Upon inspecting

and usually under bright light

and general lapidary practice

It does have a higher iron content

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Polished Upon inspectingThis 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,