Washington
Jaspers
Mount Rainier Jasper- the one I have is dark green with some
yellow/orange areas
Poppy Jasper-larger pieces come from the Straight of Juan de Fuca;
found as beach rocks NW Washington
Rhodonite-I have some great slabs from the Stilliguamish River
Thuelite-a pink stone with some black and very dark green areas;
comes from above Riverside in Eastern Washington
Stilpnomelane-from Mount Blanchard, which is just south of
Bellingham in Skagit County; black, sometimes rosettes; found
in chert (gray green) and in quartz; also found in North Cascades,
Northern California, New Zealand
Petrified Wood
Saddle Mountain
Washington Green Chalcedony
Common Green Opal-near the WA/Oregon border
Oregon
Common Opals
Oregon Pink Opal
Owhyee Blue Opal
Jaspers
Biggs Jasper
Bruneau Jasper
Deshutes Jasper
Oolite-fossilized algae, brown with a hit of burgandy and green,
pattern of small circles
Petrified Wood
Hampton Butte Petrified Wood-dark green
Britsh Columbia
Fraser River Green Jade-dark green with some hints of black
Salt Spring Porphry-Salt Spring Island, brown and yellow conglomerate
Salt Spring Rhodonite-Salt Spring Island; unusual hot pink color,
black and green areas, likened to a "Monet"
Texada Flowerstone-black or gray basalt with tiny white flower
patterns; Takes me a day and a half and three BC ferries to
get to where these stones are found
Northern California
Vonson Blue Jade-gray blue color from Petaluma, hasn't been mined in
over 60 years
