![]() ![]() And yet other colors such as varieties of white and grays more often found mixed with varieties of red Jasper or simply pure in that spectrum of Hue can be found. Some of these inclusions very clearly show large sections of purple, violet, and deep blues. I have sites and specimens where this green Jasper can be found in varieties of slabbed, blank forms. Varieties of green Jasper discovered suggest the presence of green hued minerals -Possibly chlorite or similar. Beyond this the variations of color become what I like to think of as exotic. Often lithics may predominate in a lighter variety of brown with some yellow veins, spots, or variegations but inherently remain a specimen of brown Jasper. Mustard to brighter Yellow Jasper are arguably more rare than the previous. ![]() This process often would result in a fire hardened, sometimes dark to bright red discoloration Most collectors agree that darker red Lithics may not be discovered as frequently and aside from commonality in the brown, the predominance of any red colors in their artifacts often came from a fire hardening process where the more common shades of Brown could be strengthened anyway. Orange and Amber colored Jasper through variations nearing Deep red are found in less abundance, And the spectrum of red following proves to be somewhat more rare depending on Hue and Lightness. Variations of brown from dark to Beige in appearance are fairly commonly found. I have found in order of rarity a basic dispersal of five variations of color and general composite minerals when considering Pennsylvania Jasper. Most colors of Jasper and the more well known resulting patterns are formed from various inclusions of other minerals, sediment, and ores during various stages of it’s forming.Check below for some general definitions of some terms used above. I have always thought one description found there, a wax luster, really is a great way to describe a raw facet of this type of stone. Current articles with very accurate and well known descriptions can be found in more well known and now fairly common centers of information such as as Wikipedia. One Great One.One Spirit.One Good Medicine.One People.Preserving ancestry of one is preserving ancestry of all- An exploration on Brown, Red, Yellow, Green, and Micro-crystal quartz in Jasper.įrom a perspective tertiary to the world of Jasper and – varieties, vareigations, colors, and the many composites artifact hunters find- The stone itself is actually an impure Silica, and a form of Chalcedony. The hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter of which varieties of Jasper rock are composed, esp. ![]()
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