Oregon Skaggs Jasper Rough Chunk! Orange Agate Dinosaur Bone can be misleading

Dinosaur Bone can be misleading from the outside

approx 2-3 inches in size

and dug by Shirts Quant and his son Bill Quant

I got the chance to dig some with the backhoe

Oregon Skaggs Jasper Rough Chunk! Orange Agate Dinosaur Bone can be misleadingSkaggs Jasper is an extraordinarily rare form of Jasper found in the Ochoco Mountains of Oregon. To my knowledge Skaggs Jasper has been tapped out for decades, with none really being found other than in old estate collections. It is a dominate green jasper, and often features organic like structures. It can work into some very beautiful designer grade cabochons, and has become increasingly popular because of this. When you see a chunk of Skaggs