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12.4" Free-Standing, Multi-Colored Ocean Jasper - New Deposit!
This is a stunning, 12.4" tall polished piece of high quality ocean jasper from the newly discovered deposit in Madagascar. These new ocean jaspers have a very unique character, as the patterns and colors are so different between them. It has been hand shaped and polished to a glossy finish, and the base has been cut flat for presentation.
One side of this specimen features a large orbicular agate/jasper aggregation, and there are multiple quartz crystal encrusted pockets throughout the polished face.
One side of this specimen features a large orbicular agate/jasper aggregation, and there are multiple quartz crystal encrusted pockets throughout the polished face.
Ocean jasper is a rare type of silicified rhyolite (considered both an agate and a jasper), mined in a single location on the Ambolobozo Peninsula of northern Madagascar. The deposits are found on the coastline, hence the name, and can only be reached by boat and mined during low tide. The deposit formed as a rhyolite flow, but has been completely silicified. The rhyolitic eyes or orbs come in an astonishing array of colors and color combinations. The backgrounds can be white, pink, green, red, or yellow. Botryoidal formations as well as white and deep green druzy are also common.
SPECIES
Chalcedony var. Ocean Jasper
LOCATION
Undisclosed Location, Northwest Madagascar
SIZE
12.4 x 6.3"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#206717
