Description
BC79-Beautiful Biggs jasper from Biggs Junction up the gorge from Portland on the Columbia River. It's beautiful material & fairly rare. This pendant is in a heart shape, drilled so that he heart hangs at an angle. It measures approximately 37mm X 37mm. I have attached a gold bail & a gold chain measuring approximately 20" in length. The jasper deposits are present at several locations where erosion from multiple flows of the Columbia River Flood Basalts has exposed the deposits within walls of canyons. One notable occurrence is in the road cut south of US Hwy 97 & south of Biggs Junction, where both classic Biggs & Blue Biggs appear. The Biggs jasper deposits at these localities formed when low lying marshes & shallow ponds were inundated & buried by pulses of lava that emanated from fissures in southeast Washington & northeast Oregon. Biggs Jasper Necklace
