Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Polished This is a gorgeous piece

This is a gorgeous piece with an untold ancient (millions of years old) story

featuring some great strata of bright colors that come together to form a sunset scene

and general lapidary practice

This one looks like it could also make a great aquarium chunk when seen from above

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Polished This is a gorgeous pieceThis 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,