Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Mecca Obsidian This is a larger slab

This is a larger slab

It is generally a pretty solid jasper that takes a mirror polish

but some mexican obsidian is also possible

in the hot summer day this was some tough work

and also a highly popular bed for plume seeking old time rockhounds

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite Slab! Mecca Obsidian This is a larger slabThis 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,