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The best picture jaspers in the world come from the Oregon-Idaho border. Jasper is a member of the chalcedony family.Chalcedony, pronounced kal sid nee, is any form of microcrystalline quartz. “ Jaspe

West Coast Mining owns the Polka Dot Agate Mine. The Polka Dot Agate Mine is near Madras, Oregon and they are open to visits! If you would like to experience digging at an actual mine site you can vis

Jasper is a member of the chalcedony family. Chalcedony (kal SED' nee) is any form of microcrystalline quartz, where the crystals are too small to be seen without high magnification. However, in the...

Plume Agates are clear or milky with three-dimensional plant, or flower-like plumes floating in them. Plumes are different than dendrites, which are usually more branch-like or thin, or moss which...

The colors in Petrified Wood come from minerals present during formation.  Petrified Wood may retain the details of the original wood, but often the bright colors are not common in the actual wood and

What is the difference between agates and jaspers? Agates and jaspers are both members of the Chalcedony stone family. Chalcedony (kal SED' nee) is any form of microcrystalline quartz, where the...

Petrified Wood is found all over the world. Countries with well-known petrified wood deposits include: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, The Czech Republic, Germany, Ecuador, Egypt

Labradorite has an uninteresting color of dark gray, but displays a beautiful iridescence. The iridescence displays rainbow-colored reflections known as labradorescence when light hits it in...

Owyhee Picture Jasper (pronounced Oh-WAH-hee), comes from the rugged Owyhee mountain. The area is situated on the Idaho-Oregon border, just south of Homedale, Idaho. Owyhee Jasper is another one...

Dendritic Agates have very thin tree-like inclusions of iron, manganese, or other metallic oxides that grow in natural fractures. These inclusions called dendrites were named after the Greek word...

Silver Sheen Obsidian or Gold Sheen Obsidian are chatoyant stones. When the semiprecious stone material is held in bright light it has a flash of sparkling silver or gold colored chatoyance or light...