Biggs Jasper Polished, Self-Standing Display: Hill & Branch Patterns; 3+ Pounds

This collectible Biggs jasper display chunk contains some beautiful scenes with a variety of brown layers, rippling "hill" patterns with creamy opalized highlights, dendrites (branching shrub or tree-like formations), swirls, orbs, etc. The back and sides have been left natural, showing the original opalite rind. The polish is nice, although there are some natural vugs and open fractures in places. The base has been sawed flat, so it can stand on its own without the use of a stand. An essential jasper variety for any complete collection of picture jaspers, and measuring nearly 8" across its largest dimension, this is an impressive collector's showpiece.

Biggs is one of the premier "landscape" jaspers (so-named because of the scenic patterns). Biggs can look somewhat similar to Deschutes jasper, and many people have trouble telling them apart. Biggs is usually a bit softer (less silica content) than Deschutes, and tends to have looser patterning and less crisp definition (some of the scenes can look amazingly like watercolor or oil paintings).

The photos were taken with the material dry. I made the photos in direct sunlight, and the colors on Biggs and Deschutes are always slightly off in photos (too yellow in some, too pink or gray in others)—nearly as difficult to photograph as obsidian, so expect some variation under different lighting conditions.

Approx. Size: 142 x 140 x 65 mm
Approx. Weight: 1520 g (3 pounds, 5.5 ounces)
Shape/Cut: rough/faced, polished 1 side
Origin: Fulton Canyon, Sherman County, Oregon (USA)
Known treatment(s): none

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