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Jasper (Picture Jasper) ...
Picture Jasper A type of Jasper that is formed from mud that dripped into gas pockets in molten lava. The resulting pattern often are thought to resemble a picture or landscape. Picture jasper helps with visualization, proportion, and harmony.
Picture Jasper
An opaque tan colored variety of jasper with medium and dark brown patches that make the "pictures." ...
Picture Jasper (-034)
This petrified mud has streaks of color (usually shades of brown) that look like landscapes, anything from desert sand dunes to rocky mountains to a dry riverbed.
PICTURE JASPER
A type of Jasper formed from mud that solidified in gas pockets within molten lava. The patterns that result from this process are felt to resemble pictures or landscapes. Read more in our Gemstones & Minerals Glossary ...
Picture jasper is a petrified or silicated mud that dripped into gas pockets in molten lava. It became superheated and then solidified forming the unusual banded patterns which are typical of this stone.
[Zebra agate, picture jasper, Mookaite jasper, carnelian, lavendar agate, Dalmation jasper, rain forest jasper]
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Picture jasper, or scenic jasper, may display quite realistic depictions of natural scenes, animals, or other objects, and can command respectable prices due to such unusual pictures.
Ribbon jasper, picture jasper, and orbicular jasper are the names of other varieties. Jasper is found in many countries. It is sometimes used to create bowls and other objects and to adorn buildings, such as the Saint Wenceslas Chapel in Prague.
Jasper - It is a multi coloured gemstone consisting dull luster and different patterns. Ribbon jasper, Orbicular jasper, Landscape jasper, Picture jasper and Zebra jasper are the misleading terms used in jewelry business.
It breaks with a smooth surface and can be highly polished like marble. Varieties of jasper include Fancy Jasper, Picture Jasper, Poppy Jasper, Red Jasper, and Striped (or Banded) Jasper. Jasper was once believed to have curative powers.
Many of the so-called "picture jaspers" or "Picasso jaspers" can be brecciated, meaning that they are composed of angular fragments. Imperial jaspers can have an orbicular banding pattern that contains distinct "orbs" or spherical zones.
A family of semiprecious stones that are found in various opaque colors and are relatively hard. Jasper can be solid in color or spotted and banded. Red jasper and picture jasper seem to have a great popularity in fashion jewelry.
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Several varieties can create what looks like miniature landscape scenes and are often referred to as "picture jaspers".
Flint and Chert: non-gem varieties of cryptocrystalline-granular quartz.
Jasper is usualy named according to its pattern: picture jasper, ribbon jasper, and orbicular jasper. The most popular - landscape jasper, looks like a small worldscape. Jasper is found in many countries.
It is found all over the world in all colors including: red, brown, pink, yellow, green, grey/white and shades of blue and purple and is often spotted (Dalmatian), striped (Banded Jasper), and/or multi-colored (Picture Jasper and Poppy Jasper).
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