BY RUSS KANIUTH

Maligano Jasper is named after a small village in Sulawesi, Indonesia. This material was originally found about six to seven years ago, but it seems like it’s just now making its way to the United States. There’s a large fascination with this stone and several reasons why.

Maligano Jasper is colorful with warm yellows, reds, beiges, and greys. It often contains rivers of agate running throughout, while other sections have floating jasper in a wide array of brecciated fractal patterns, which is very similar to Stone Canyon Jasper. This material also has flowering dendrites running all around revealing cherry blossom patterns such as Sonoran Dendritic Rhyolite.