Agates of the Oregon Coast: Mystery Rock found on the South Coast

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Mystery Rock found on the South Coast

Brecciated Jasper

This is a very unique and colorful piece Tyler found which looks like a quilt with all of the broken fragments of the colorful fancy jaspers which have been re-cemented by the white agate which is natures way of gluing the Brecciated (meaning broken) Jasper back together.

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