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The best known research on Ocean Jasper is by Dr. Werner Lieber. He theorized that it is a sphärolithischer Chalcedon (German, “spherulitic or orbicular chalcedony”). Spherulitic refers to spherulites, a more technical name for the orbs. In geology a spherulite is a spherical body, created by radial growth around a central point, like the spokes of a wheel. It is easy to forget that the bulls-eyes, flowers/stars (orbs surrounded by druzy quartz), and irregular polygons are all crosscuts of three dimensional objects.
Ocean Jasper Only comes from one place in the world, northwestern Madagascar. It is found in the Analalava district of the Sofia region in the former province of Mahajanga. There are actually two different deposits, about ten miles apart:
Four different veins of Ocean Jasper have been discovered in Marovato and each has produced slightly different looking stones. The first vein was the largest, the second was much smaller, and the last two were even smaller. Additional material was sometimes found through surface mining, often revealed by extreme weather.
Kabala Jasper
A fourth vein was found in 2014 but only lasted three months. It was also discovered further inland, about 1/3 of a mile south of the first vein. It was approximately 23 feet long by 16 feet across. The material tends to be pink, green, and white, sometimes yellow. Many pieces have small but defined orbs, similar to some stones from the second vein.
UPDATE: Three more veins have been found in Marovato since the publication of this article, bringing the number to seven. Please stay tuned for additional updates.
The material from Kabamby is dark green and golden yellow, sometimes pink, red, and off white. It was first mined in 2002 and continues to be collected today. Kabamby Ocean Jasper is found through surface mining across an approximately 15 mile area.
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Because it was originally collected along the shoreline, many people believe all Ocean JasperTM comes from the water. While the first and second Marovato veins were discovered directly on the beach, the mines themselves were underground. The third vein was discovered much later, approximately 330 feet further inland, and the Kabamby mine is about 1.5 miles inland.
Prospecting continues!
Paul Obeniche was the mentor of Nader Kawar, the owner of Enter the Earth. He passed in November 2020. Our company has managed the Ocean JasperTM mines since 2013 and Nader is actively looking for more material.
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