Macro photograph of a slab of polished Mookaite jasper from the Mooka Creek area of Western Australia. Formed approx. 125 million yrs ago, in part, from the fossilization of microscopic protozoa called radiolaria. Image #3140 3200 X 4707 pixels
Macro photograph of banding patterns in a cut and polished Laguna lace agate from Mexico Image #2791 4688 X 3030 pixels
Macrophotograph of the colors and structural detail in a piece of cut and polished Blue Mountain Picture jasper from Oregon; jasper is a variety of chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz) Image #3691 4080 X 6144 pixels