Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Agua Nueva Agate Most of the modern Lilypad

Most of the modern Lilypad Jasper is a little more on the soft side

Here is a gorgeous slab of Desert Jasper

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Age: ~48 million years (Eocene Epoch)

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Agua Nueva Agate Most of the modern LilypadApple 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