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ROYAL SAHARA JASPER

Rock&Gem Magazine

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March - April 2025

Royal Sahara Jasper was originally discovered in the early 2000s in Northern Africa in the Sahara Desert. During an excursion to Africa, George and Janet Sechler found a piece of rock on the ground that showed similarities to picture jaspers like Biggs or Deschutes.

- BY BEN KANIUTH

ROYAL SAHARA JASPER

Because of the vast conditions of the Sahara Desert, extreme temperatures, and many unwelcome creatures roaming around, it must have taken an immense amount of effort and dedication to find the source location. Through their hard work, the source of this magnificent material was found throughout an ancient creek bed. These jaspers develop through millions of years in the form of nodules. The majority of what is found can range from fist-sized nodules to less than an inch. Much of this jasper is reminiscent of the Sahara Desert itself, with tight picturesque banding and dendrites like that of ancient trees.

imagePURCHASING ROYAL SAHARA JASPER

Originally, this jasper was available online under the name of Oasis Prospecting Company. With the website going down in recent years, it is now available to find on eBay under the same name. Much of the material available elsewhere can be found occasionally through online retailers or trade shows in scarce quantities.

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