Quaking Asp Mountain Jasperoid
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Quaking Asp Mountain Jasperoid is light to dark gray agate with
banding red, yellowish orange and gray jasp-agate and veins of quartz.
Texture:
Fine grain
Luster: Waxy to vitreous
Translucency: Opaque
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Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Quaking Asp Mountain Jasperoid occurs near the top of Quacking Aspen Mountain,
south of Rock Springs,
Sweetwater County, Wyoming
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