Kalouse Jasper / Petrified Wood
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Kalouse Jasper commonly has concentric banding and ranges from medium
shades of brown, yellow, brown, or purple. Rarely bright orangish
red or off white occurs. The cortex is black or yellowish brown.
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Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Crinoid stems, fusiline,
bryozoan
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Distribution Comments:
Kalouse Jasper is considered the finest jasper of Colorado. It is
associated with the Ingleside Formation, White River Group of Colorado. Both
agate and jasper primarily occurs around Kalouse, Weld County, Colorado.
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