Red Jasper is a variety of chalcedony, a type of mineral in the quartz family, that mainly comes in shades of deep red to brownish-red. It is believed to possess grounding and protective energies, promoting stability and vitality. Red Jasper is often used in crystal healing and is associated with the root chakra.

Patterns arise of jasper during the consolidation process forming flow and depositional patterns in a rich silica sediment or volcanic ash. Hydrothermal circulation is needed in the formation of jasper.

drupes are called stone fruits because of the characteristic of their outer covering which is hard and mostly heavy which actually can be considered as a "stone"-like. other fruit types such as berry (e.g. plums) have soft covering.

Jasper is usually green or red but there are different types of Jasper!

Jasper is a naturally occurring form of chert, a variety of quartz, which owes it's red or orange coloring to impurities of iron.

Jasper is cryptocrystalline quartz with colored impurities. Cryptocrystalline means the crystals are too small to see except with a powerful microscope. Jasper crystals are fibrous and interwoven, making the material very tough compared to chert, in which the crystals are more blocky. Most jasper is red from iron oxide incorporated into it. Brown and green are from a mix of iron and other metal oxides. Black is usually from a combination of iron and manganese.

The most expensive jasper rough, readily available, retails for about $100.00 a pound. This would include Blue Biggs jasper, Deschuttes jasper, and Ocean Picture jasper. Once it has been slabbed and polished, these can go up to $100.00 an ounce for a premium specimen. A premium cabochon, about a quarter ounce, can cost up to several hundred dollars.

Common varieties of jasper rough can be purchased for less than ten dollars a pound.

"GE" means gold electroplate the rest are the initials of the designer

yes it is very rare and hard to find

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