![]() (FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ROCK AND GEMSTONE ORDERS OVER $100. We have been in the gemstones business for over 20 years. Jasper 3pcs Desert Sunset Jasper Tumbled Stones 1-0.5 Bulk Crystals Wholesale 8.32 Quick View Jasper Desert Jasper Rough Rocks 2.0 Raw Polychrome Jasper Bulk Crystals Wholesale 4.15 Quick View Crystal Bracelets Fancy Jasper Crystal Bracelet Jewelry Yoga Gift Natural Stone Bead Bracelet ONE Size Stretch Bracelet 16. ![]() We accept PayPal and all major Credit Cards as payment. Our quality is the best in the world and with the best prices. ![]() Ask about bulk discounts if you plan to buy more than one item. No customer is too big and none too small - we treat each and every customer with respect. H ome APPLIANCE SMART/WHIRLPOOL COMPANY OUTLET It's often hard to find. The polished stones are highly polished and of very good quality. All faceted gemstones are calibrated, eye clean, and free from all cracks, abrasions, chips, or scratches. All rough gemstones are great for tumbling, polishing, or cabbing. If you do not see what you are looking for, please email us and we may have it. We are the largest loose faceted, polished, and rough gemstone dealer in Pennsylvania. We would like to thank our thousands of repeat customers for their overwhelming support and we welcome all new customers to please give us a try - you will NOT be disappointed! Over 90% of our customers make multiple purchases. This wonderful new lapidary material is available from The Gem Shop, Inc. The area has no road so the material must be transported to civilization by boat. It can only be seen and collected at low tide. The deposit has been discovered at the edge of the ocean. Small pieces of this jasper have been brought to market over the years but no one could identify the source until Paul Obeniche organized a systematic search of the northwest coast of Madagascar. Botryoidal formations as well as white and deep green druzy are also common. The background can be white, pink, green, red, or yellow. The rhyolitic eyes or orbs come in an astonishing array of colors and color combinations. The deposit formed as a rhyolite flow but has been completely silicified. "This new rock has been found along the northwest coast of Madagascar after years of unsuccessful searching. distributor for rough Ocean Jasper, and upon its introduction an ad was published in the May issue (Annual Buyers\' Directory) of Lapidary Journal with the following copy. The Gem Shop, Inc. was originally named exclusive U.S. The forms in the rock itself are also suggestive of the bubbling surf of the sea. The word "Ocean" comes mainly from the location at the edge of the sea, along the northwest coast of Madagascar where the deposit was found. We decided to call the material a jasper because rhyolitic patterns have been associated with the jasper category in the past and because "jasper" is listed as the mineral resource in the mining claims owned by Paul Obeniche. Ocean Jasper is an agate by the standard definition (agate being translucent and jasper being opaque). To the best of my knowledge there has never been a rock referred to as an "orbicular agate". Highland Park Lapidary Coyamito Cabbing and Tumbling Grade Pseudomorph Agate Rough. Highland Park Lapidary Coyamito Specimen Grade Agate Rough (Price per pound) 115. All of these rhyolites have been sold or marketed as jasper so there is precedent for these rhyolite patterns being associated with the word "jasper". Highland Park Lapidary Coyamito Specimen Grade Agate Baby Rough (Price per pound) 37.50. The word orbicular refers to the spherical forms found in many rhyolites. ![]() The material is categorized as an orbicular jasper. I came up with about 10 different names and we chose "Ocean Jasper". Paul Obeniche and I discussed at length the name for this rock. The Name: Ocean Jasper®Īll work done by hand with hammers, picks, and bare feet! Ocean Jasper fits the description of a truly new jasper. It is rare indeed that a really new material is found. New discoveries brought to market are usually new deposits of an already known material. So much so that I kept asking Owen."Were those 2 rocks we saw coated with something or were they polished?" But my brief encounter with this rock led me to believe that it far surpassed the quality of all the others. Other rocks of this type have been in the market before, most notably Rainforest Jasper from Australia, Leopard Skin Jasper from Mexico and the famous Poppy Jasper from California. I recognized the pattern as similar to that found in a number of silica rich rhyolites. On the way to Quartzsite I could not get the image of those two rocks out of my mind. My friend Owen was with me and he saw the samples also. I was in Tucson early, packing my truck to go to Quartzsite when Paul Obeniche of Madagascar Minerals came by and said, "Gene, look at this new rock." Every year new rock and gem finds are brought to the Tucson Gem
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