Polychrome Jasper
Jasper is an aggregate of microgranular quartz and chalcedony as well as other mineral phases. It is an opaque variety of silica, occurring as red, yellow, brown, or green in color and rarely occurring as blue. It’s most common form occurs as red, due to the iron inclusion oxidizing as it reacts with oxygen. Used in a variety of purposes including vases, snuff boxes and seals.
Jasper’s name means spotted rock or speckled stone depending on which language you are using to trace its origins. We are archaeological records from throughout the ancient world, from the Israelite's to the Minoans in Crete of how the stone was used which was mostly ornamentation as well as carving jasper and setting it in signet rings for sealing contracts and matters of the state.
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Polychrome Jasper is also known as Desert Jasper in part to its the distinct color variations. Polychrome Jasper is a sub variety found in Madagascar usually occurring with figurative eye patterns within it. Polychrome Jasper is tied closely to the element of Fire, emobodign those characteristics with it, notably passion, exuberance, vibrance, and vitality. Polychrome Jasper is also very grounding, allowing you to center yourself in Mother Earth and feel the roots of the ancients keeping you safe.
For those wanting more passion in their lives, Polychrome Jasper will assist in this endeavor. Polychrome Jasper has an energy that is potent and it will allow the user to find their passions in life, to become more creative in their endeavors as well as ground them while exploring new heights. Polychrome Jasper can also help harmonize the spirits to be receptive to new relationships. |