A NOTE FROM NICK
New Stock!! A Pair of Beautifully Polished Rare Orbicular Ocean Jasper Standing Dispaly Pieces. Beauties!
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Ocean Jasper: Madagascar’s Coastal Gem
Ocean Jasper from the Marovato coastal deposits, northwest Madagascar (only known source, mining ceased ~2015, current stock is from old production), occurs in Orbicular, Brecciated, and Drusy varieties, all showing multicolour concentric orbs, eyes, and banding in green, yellow, pink, red, white, brown, and black on translucent to opaque Chalcedony Quartz matrix. Main types: (1) Classic Orbicular with tight, high-contrast bullseye orbs and strong color zoning; (2) Flower Orbicular displaying poppy-like radial orb clusters; (3) Breccia with angular fragments recemented in vivid matrix; (4) Druzy-lined vug with sparkling quartz crystal pockets; (5) Banded with parallel color veins and occasional fortification patterns.
PRODUCT MINERALS
Chalcedony
PRODUCT FEATURES
Vug, Cavities, Orbs, Bands, Drusy
PRODUCT COLOUR
White, Yellow, Brown, Pink, Green, Gold
MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
6.5 to 7
PRODUCT DATA
Locality = Northwest Coast, Madagascar
Grade = Very Good Grade
Size = 110 - 127 mm
SKU = 176-605-251125KW