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Semi Precious Stone Jaspers
Jasper is an opaque, impure variety of quartz that is normally red, yellow
and brown in color. This mineral breaks with a smooth surface, and is
often used mainly for ornamentation or as a gemstone.
It could be highly polished and is used for vases, seals, and at one time for snuff boxes. When the colors are in stripes
and bands, it is known as striped or banded jasper. Jaspilite
is banded iron formation rocks that are often has distinctive bands of
jasper. The Egyptian pebble is brownish-yellow jasper.
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Historical Facts Of jasper
| Hardness |
7 |
| Sign of the Zodiac |
Aries, Virgo |
| Month of the year |
October |
| Popular names |
Striped or Banded Jasper |
| Color |
Red, yellow or brown in color |
| Types of Jasper |
Brown jasper, Picture jaspers, Orbicular jasper, Leopard skin Jasper, Poppy Jasper, Opalite Jasper |
| Occurrence |
France, Germany, India, Russia, Venezuela and USA (Arizona, California, Utah and Wyoming) |
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