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Jasper Stone
Chemical Formula: SiO2
Mineral Name: Jasper
Color: Brick red to brownish red
Hardness: 6.5- 7.5
Specific Gravity: 2.6- 2.64
Introduction
Jasper Stones are also known as Bloodstone, Plum-blossom, Mookaite, Biggs, Imperial, etc. These stones are little expensive and therefore, these are mostly used in expensive jewelry. Jasper stones are opaque and crypto-crystalline variety of quartz. These stones are also used in some decorative items like ashtrays, candle sticks, photo frames, etc. These stones reflect solid color and unique color combinations.
Jasper is finely grained variety of the silica mineral chert. Jasper has a dull luster but takes a fine polish. It completely resembles to Quartz in hardness and other physical properties. It is a dark green, semi-translucent, opaque form of stone. Jasper derives its name from the Greek word iaspis. It owes its color to admixed hematite, but when it occurs with clay admixed, the color is a yellowish white or gray, or with goethite, a brown or yellow.
When these jasper beads are added to a design, due to their unique slick pattern and classic shapes, the attraction of this design increases by many folds. These beads can be freely used with soft-flex, silk or cotton thread, wire as these are tough gemstones beads. Agate is a form of jasper that is heavily bonded. As jasper beads have wonderful durability and come in almost all colors, therefore, these beads are considered as wonderful elements in jewelry making projects. Jasper, long used for jewelry and ornamentation, has a dull luster but takes a fine polish. Its hardness and other physical properties are those of quartz. Jasper beads are used in the manufacturing of many jewelry items and other lapidary arts. It is one of the gemstone that is used in commesso, also called florentine mosaic. Commesso is, basically, a technique of fashioning pictures with thin, cut-to-shape pieces of brightly colored, semiprecious stones.
Significances of Jasper Stone Beads
Jasper is commonly found in the regions of North Africa, Sicily, France, India, Venezula and Germany, USA etc. and widely popular for its special significances like as follows:
- It strengthens the stomach.
- Helps to cure gynecological problems.
- It drives away evil spirits.
- Protects against snake and spider bites.
