“…and from the Trascău Mts. and are related to late Jurassic island arc volcanics (Ilie, 1952;Lupu et al, 1966;Russo-Săndulescu et al, 1976;Borcoş et al, 1981;Gandrabura, 1981;Lupu et al, 1986;Savu, 1990;Lupu et al, 1991;Ghiurcă, 1997a, b;Nicolae and Saccani, 2003). For this study, jasper was sampled from small veinlets in basalts, basaltic andesites, and andesites cropping out in the Agatului valley and the surroundings of Almăşel, Almaşu de Mijloc, Ampoiţa, Cricău, and Ighiel villages.…”