Rockhounding Zebra Marble Utah

Coloring is beige with chocolate stripes which run through the piece can be seen on the top and bottom.

Rockhounding zebra marble utah.

Utah septarian nodules are among the finest in the world with others being found in england new zealand morocco and madagascar. Shaped from a solid block of zebra rock stone. Although there are laws regulating rockhounding most of our public land is open and rocks can be collected freely by the public. Agate chert jasper and petrified wood between capitol reef national park and caineville wayne county.

Another popular utah rock with even less provenance information at least that i can locate is zebra stone or white tiger stone or you can substitute rock or marble in place of stone. You may find many tourists nearby as this location puts you right in between several national parks. Birdseye marble in the manti la sal national forest utah county. Gypsum sand near knolls tooele county.

There seem to be several localities in the world that produce a zebra stone. Aug 15 2020 rocks gems minerals etc. Utah is an excellent destination for rock hounding. It is rough that is polished smooth and not lacquered.

Below are some photos of some of the picasso marble we purchased at love the art in beaver utah. Beaver lake mining district. Utah is a state practically made of rock. See more ideas about rock hounding utah minerals.

This unique look was created when molten igneous material was forced through the cracks in limestone. Chalcopyrite quartz chrysocolla cuprite azurite calcite diopside garnet hematite malachite magnetite muscovite pyrite. The muddy creek area west of orderville is known for containing numerous septarian and ammonite nodules. Zebra rock this freeform piece measures 3 3 4 2 3 4 in length x 2 wide x 1 4 thick.

Dugway geode beds juab county. However most pieces quarried from utah are labeled as such. Some pendants available 15 each plus 4 shipping in the us. The vast lands of southern utah are intricately carved into the red and white sandstone limestone layers of the colorado plateau leaving behind well known monuments in locations like canyonlands and zion national parks however there is plenty of other rocks and minerals aside from the red sandstone of southern utah.

Bixbyite rutile and amethyst crystals near marysvale piute county.