Orbicular Whisky Creek Jasper Rough Chunk! RARE! Aurora Borealis These mines are now owned

These mines are now owned by Richardsons Rock Ranch in Oregon

this stone is not for everyone and takes some creativeness to work correctly

once these have been cut

but when cut the other way

It takes a great polish and works into some pretty amazing cabochons

Orbicular Whisky Creek Jasper Rough Chunk! RARE! Aurora Borealis These mines are now ownedOrbicular Whisky Creek Jasper is a world famous jasper mined by esteemed lapidarist Philip Stephenson. It is a very gorgeous orbicular jasper from the Owyhee Mountains in Idaho. Whisky Creek Jasper is well known for both the brecciated type and the orbicular type, and this one shows a prime example of the gorgeous orbicular pattern! Whisky Creek Jasper can be sensitive to the direction you cut it, producing different type of orb like pattern depending