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6.2" Realistic, Polished Ocean Jasper Skull
This is a beautiful, polished stone skull made out of ocean jasper from the Ambolobozo Peninsula of Madagascar. This skull has been meticulously sculpted and polished into the shape of a realistic skull. The patterns and colors of the stone are unique and there are multiple quartz crystal filled pockets throughout the skull.
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
Ocean Jasper
LOCATION
Mine of Marovato, Ambolobozo Peninsula, Madagascar
SIZE
6.2 x 4.7 x 4.2"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#116504