Picture Jasper
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Picture Jasper is
named so because of it's unique landscape patterns and wide range of
colors. Picture jasper is a petrified or silicated mud. Looking at it's
patterns. It is formed when mud drips into gas pockets in molten
lava, becoming super-heated and then solidifies into this treasured mineral.
Some of the better known Picture Jaspers come from
places like Owyhee county which is in southern Idaho and part of
Eastern
Oregon.
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