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One of the finest specimens of Holley Blue Agate that I have ever come across! This is an extremely rare, 2.6 pound museum quality piece of rock.

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Some recently polished Morrisonite pocket stones.

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This is one of the finest specimens of Morrisonite Jasper ever mined! A very rare material, Morrisonite is no longer being mined and material of this quality has not been dug since the late 70’s.

This is a great example of some really rare and unusual Jasper known as “Batcave Jasper”. This beautiful material is from a cave in the Ochocos of central Oregon. Mined out many decades ago, this stuff made up the floor of the cave, the old timers would scale down the cliff to the mouth of the cave and chisel it from the floor, then pack it out on their backs. Not a lot of this material was discovered, just the single deposit. It is a porcelain Jasper and takes an incredible polish!

From time to time I am just astonished at what I find when cutting rock! This is a red and orange moss Agate with a layer of bright orange Opal inside. This is old stock material from an old rockhound estate near Idaho/Oregon border.