What is the difference between agates and jaspers? Agates and jaspers are both members of the Chalcedony stone family. Chalcedony (kal SED' nee) is any form of microcrystalline quartz, where the...
Jaspers - (Page)Jasper is a member of the chalcedony family. Chalcedony (kal SED' nee) is any form of microcrystalline quartz, where the crystals are too small to be seen without high magnification. However, in the...
Imperial Jasper and Royal Imperial Jasper - (Page)Imperial Jasper and Royal Imperial Jasper are dense, very fine grained and exceptionally hard jaspers. Both of them are highly prized porcelain jaspers. Because of their fine grain, porcelain...
Polychrome Jasper - (Page)Polychrome Jasper is a type of chalcedony stone which develops in massive formations. The semiprecious gemstone material was first found on the northwest coast of Madagascar in 2008, while...
Coquina Jasper - (Page)Coquina Jasper has been around a long time and is known by several names. The pictured variety comes from India. It is also known as Elephant Skin Jasper, Cobra Jasper or Script Stone. But we like...
Deschutes Jasper - (Page)Deschutes Jasper is a great brown, scenic, porcelain jasper from Oregon. It often has black dendrite inclusions. Jasper is an opaque form of Chalcedony. Deschutes Jasper was formed as...
Kabamba Jasper - (Page)Kabamba Jasper is a lovely green orbicular jasper from Madagascar. Kabamba Jasper is green orbicular rock from the South Africa Rift on the west side of the island of Madagascar. This...
Snakeskin Jasper - (Page)Snakeskin Jasper is a semiprecious gemstone material from Australia. It is found in Turee Creek Station in the Phibara region of western Australia. It is red, orangey red and white...
Poppy Jasper - (Page)Poppy Jasper is an orbicular jasper. Poppy Jasper's pattern has small orbs or sphere shapes and it was so named because the orbs resemble the poppy flower. This semiprecious stone material is...
Bloodstone Jasper - (Page)Bloodstone is an interesting dark green jasper with tiny red spots from iron oxide. This attractive chalcedony is also known as Heliotrope, which is derived from Greek meaning sun and to turn,...
Ocean Jasper - (Page)Ocean Jasper is from a silicified rhyolite ash flow off the northwest coast of Madagascar. The area is near the village of Marovato. It was discovered around 2000 and was vary plentiful at...
Jaspers of the Oregon-Idaho Border Area - (Post)The best picture jaspers in the world come from the Oregon-Idaho border. Jasper is a member of the chalcedony family.Chalcedony, pronounced kal sid nee, is any form of microcrystalline quartz. “ Jaspe