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Color:
red and Orange with brown modification
Durability:
Very durable
Localities:
World wide
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Jasper
SiO2
(silicon dioxide)
Jasper
is a mircrocrystalline variety of quartz
known as chalcedony. It occurs
in a number of different colors, such as red, brownish-red,
brown and dark green. It is geologically common, forming
at low temperatures when silica-rich ground water flows
through sediments and rocks. Jasper had the reputation of
a healing and protecting stone since antiquity. Wearing
jasper made one safe from drowning, lung disease and scorpion
bites. When engraved with a scorpion, it would stop bleeding.
When engraved with a dog or stag, it it would cure demonic
possession. Native Americans believed it could bring rain.
Today, it is metaphysically considered a grounding stone,
inspiring a deeper appreciation of nature.
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