Therefore, we will keep this general description very superficial and we will focus more on each variety.Įgyptians used the jasper stone a lot. But to be honest, throughout history, a lot of stones were identified as jaspers whereas they were not. It is used in decoration for chimneys, tables, pavements, sculptures, mosaics, vases… when you cut it, it can be used for jewelry. It has been used a lot all through history. History, legends and beliefs on jasper ' Autumn artichoke' ring with autumn jasper There is a huge variety of jaspers that are often wearing the name of the mine, of its region or the person who discovered it, of its color, its pattern… here are some examples: Therefore, there may be a mistake on the kind of stone. However, Pline the Old describes this stone as green and transparent whereas we consider that jasper is opaque. It would be a very rare green jasper stone.

The choice of the word comes from one of the stones of Aaron’s cloth that was identified as jasper.

The name of jasper comes from the Greek word Iaspis, that is coming from the Hebrew word Yashepheh, that could mean agate. The varieties include bands, orbicular patterns, heliotropes, plasmas, flints and prases…. You can generally identify it thanks to its opacity and the presence of color lines that is due to the compaction of several materials. It is an impure variety of microcrystalline quartz that is made of a web of intertwined quartz crystals. It exists in different aspects and colors. The jasper is sediment that is mainly composed of silica. Jasper properties ' Sompaïna' pendant with imperial jasper Healing properties and benefits of jasper.

Green jasper properties