Oregon Jade - Jasper with unique greenish color. An opaque dark green jasper with small brownish-red blood-like spots. Similar to Biggs Jasper but the Deschutes Jasper is harder and shows different banding patterns.įancy Jasper. Mottled patterns of colors. Found along Deschutes River, west of Biggs Junction in Central Oregon. It is has very distinctive yellow, orange and black banding that resembles the color patterns of a bumblebee.
Rare Jasper is showing nice brown color and tight banding patterns. Bumblebee jasper is the trade name for a vibrantly colored stone mined exclusively from Mount Papandayan in Indonesia. Generally speaking, the stone is quite common, meaning the price is relatively low however, its beauty is astonishing. It is normally white and has uneven black stripes that make it stand out in the crowd. It is most commonly found in black and white. Fractured or broken after formation, the mineral is rebounding by filling with silica (natural healing process).ĭeschutes Jasper. Zebra jasper has a pretty self-explanatory name. Multicolored jasper with a gray or white matrix of chalcedony fragments. Besides silica, jasper contains iron and clay.īrecciated Jasper. The first piece was found near Biggs Junction in 1960 in Oregon. A unique among agates with light and dark brown colors and landscape banding patterns. Multicolored, usually yellow, brown, and green colors.īiggs Jasper. Progressively vesicles became filled with silica-rich fluid and other mineral impurities such as iron oxides and hydroxides. Different flow patterns created a variety of jaspers in types and color.Īgate Jasper. As the gases escaped from the cooling and hardening rocks, hollows and cavities that called vesicles (amygdules) were formed. Most jaspers formed millions of years ago when gases in volcano lava had been trapped in rocks. The most beautiful in the world "Morrisonite Jasper" with dark brown, tan and purple cores was found in 1947 in the Owyhee desert canyon, Southeastern Oregon. While low on monetary value, jaspers can be used to create stunning jewelry and decorative pieces. Generally, a rough jasper mineral looks dull and need to be polished to reveal its unique color and shiny surface. According to the Mohs scale, a hardness of Jasper is 6.5-7. An adequate amount of mineral impurities make jasper opaque. Orbicular Jasper forms in the common colors that we find in Jasper stones, including red, brown, white, gray, black, green, orange, yellow, and neutral tones.
Typically, jasper is spotted or striped, and multicolored. Like agate, a jasper mineral is originated from chalcedony (a type of quartz) and features iron oxides, hydroxides, and other impurities, which create unique color combinations: yellow, brick-red, brown, mottled green, and, rarely, blue. Name Jasper is derived from the old French language that means “spotted” or “mottled”. Jasper is almost usually multicolored, with unique color patterns and habits.
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