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Jasper

A dense, opaque, microcrystalline variety of chalcedony; usually red, brown or yellow and coloured by oxides of iron.

Jasper — specimen 0600
Jasper — specimen 0600, photo © NMNHS

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2 specimens: 0600 — 18.55 ct, USA, Idaho, Owyhee County, Bruneau; 0627 — 15.92 ct, Mexico, Jalisco, San Cristóbal de la Barranca (north, on the Jalisco-Zacatecas border).


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