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SUMMARY
Natural sophistication. That's what Mother Nature got when she combined grey/black/white in a swirling leaf pattern. And natural sophistication is the look your jewelry will have when you include these unique gemstone beads. Jasper is an opaque to sub translucent chalcedony whose name comes from the Greek for spotted stone. Its one-of-a-kind patterns have made it widely popular since antiquity when it was first used for cylinder seals and as amulets against drought. Today, it's found all over the world-in India, Russia, France, East and West Germany, as well as the U.S. In silver leaf jasper, the swirls and spotted patterns as well as the colors are heightened when you combine them with black onyx or smoky quartz. Or intersperse silver leaf jasper with a variety of sterling silver beads for a look of dark, leafy forests and water that is pure, head-turning sophistication.
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| GEMOLOGICAL PROPERTIES: |
Mineral
Information |
Silicate, chalcedony, quartz group |
| Chemical Composition |
SiO2 |
| Color |
Grey, black and white swirls |
| Hardness |
6 ½-7 |
| Specific Gravity |
2.58-2.91 |
| Refractive Index |
About 1.54 |
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