New Owyhee Brecciated jasper agate prong wrapped

I bought a 1.5 lb rough-rock of this material at the SF Gem show weekend before last. The dealer told us that he collected it himself from a location in the Owyhee’s and that he was calling it Owyhee brecciated jasper agate. He only had a small bin of it and this was from the nicest looking rock in the bin. This stuff is seriously HARD hard, like Brazilian agate hard I kid you not. I had the vendor’s card so I contacted him after and asked about getting more – he said he has been back to where he found it once already and can’t find more but he will try again in a few months. Makes me wish I had bought the whole bin.

I made this piece thinking I was going to sell it but under the bright light and my Optivisor during the wrapping process I discovered that I hadn’t gotten every scratch out – I told you it was hard as a Brazilian. Of course my honey was thrilled to hear I wasn’t going to sell it and she had a chain on and was wearing it proudly a few minutes later haha. It really is a gorgeous pendant in every way.





Thanks for looking. I have more slabs I’ll try to take a picture of later.

Tommy