Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Metasequoia occidentalis It tends to be fairly

It tends to be fairly hard and solid

All photos are taken with my monitor set to default display settings for the most neutral representation

This gorgeous material is getting very rare and hard to find now

but a few specimens were collected and this would be one of those

This material is found in Oregon

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Metasequoia occidentalis It tends to be fairlyApple 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