Vistaite Jasper Cabochon 41.7ct

Vistaite Jasper Cabochon 41.7ctThe rarest of jaspers, Vistaite is an old stock mined out stone from a ridge above Walton Lake, in the Ochoco Mountains, Oregon. The deposit has been extinct for decades. Recent reports of finds have been realised to be misidentified examples of nearby Skaggs or Ochoco Green Jasper rather then Vistaite. Discovered and mined in the 60s by Oregon rock shop owners Hoot Elkins and Shirts Quant, our supplier sourced material from Hoot's daughter Judy

Polished on one side

Turquoise has been mined in Mexico for thousands of years

This hand-cut cabochon of picture jasper Disaster Peak Jasper has a landscape reminiscent  of rolling mountains in greys

Apache Canyon Rhyolite is also known as Mimbres Valley Picture Rhyolite

Carats: 54

Whilst these agates are not rare in Iran

Carats: 33

5cm x 9cm x 0

Graveyard Point Agate is another stone in our repertoire from basalt lines in East Oregon

turbulent skies and seas all on the surface of the stone

Needles blue is a gem silica chalcedony that comes from the Blue Danube Mine near Lake Havasu

turquoise blue-green pieces were most popular and well-known as they resembled Persian turquoise whilst being much harder and durable