Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite! Lapidary Slab! Cretaceous Cheetah stone was discovered in

Cheetah stone was discovered in an apatite mine in Brazil

squid and octopus

sheen may be subtle or limited

This particular slab was well before the 1970s

It cuts some stunning slabs

Apple Valley Jasper Slab! Fossil Stromatolite! Lapidary Slab! Cretaceous Cheetah stone was discovered inApple 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