Jasper Gemstone Colors

By:  Olivia Luz

Search In: Jasper Colors Gemstone 

Most jasper is opaque and can show many different color patterns. Jasper an aggregate of microgranular quartz and or chalcedony and other mineral phases is an opaque impure variety of silica usually red yellow brown or green in color. Mookaite jasper is a gorgeous humid and opaque gemstone which represents some unsystematic patches and bands.

Though it can be a solid color it is most often mottled spotted ringed or striped. Each jasper has a unique color or pattern lending this gemstone much variety. There are literally thousands of different types of jasper in the world barbecue it is such a unique and versatile gemstone. These unsystematic bands show different colors and also represent the characteristics opaline chalcedony or chert. Chocolate brown with grey and caramel colors.

Multicolored due to impurities which will turn the stone yellow orange brown and green are the most popular colors. Uniform color jasper is very rare. And rarely blue the common red color is due to iron iii inclusions jasper breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone it can be highly polished and is used for items such as vases seals. Jasper gemstones can come in almost any color but do tend to be earthy tones. Gemstone color list is also useful for self analysis.

The colors are not restricted to just one jasper tends to have two three or even more colors on the same gemstone. Deep brown brick red grey black and cream colors. The appeal of jasper is its interesting color patterns and formations. The foreign minerals it contains form its colors streaks spots and appearance. The color you get attracted on the gemstone list is the one you need.

RELATED ARTICLE :

When red attracts you it means you need more activeness and vitality and when blue attracts you it means you need satisfaction of intelligence and mind. Jasper is an ancient gemstone and is mentioned in the bible and other classical sources. They can have all of the colors of rainbow in an almost infinite combination of patterns. The jasper of antiquity was in many cases distinctly green for it is often compared with the emerald and other green objects. There are more than fifty varieties of jasper but the most prized jasper gemstones have a combination of red and green patterns.

Jasper has additional metaphysical properties based on its color and specific qualities based on its mineral formation such as the addition of iron in red jasper or ocean jasper found close to the sea. A 1911 encyclopedia britannica section on this gem states the following concerning the possible ancient color of this gemstone. Reds browns oranges yellows and greens are the most common although blues and purples are not unheard of. Jasper is referred to in the niebelungenlied as being clear and green folklore. Jasper has additional metaphysical properties based on its color and specific qualities based on its mineral formation such as the addition of iron in red jasper or ocean jasper found close to the sea.

Jasper is referred to in the niebelungenlied as being clear and green folklore. When red attracts you it means you need more activeness and vitality and when blue attracts you it means you need satisfaction of intelligence and mind. The colors are not restricted to just one jasper tends to have two three or even more colors on the same gemstone. Multicolored due to impurities which will turn the stone yellow orange brown and green are the most popular colors. Though it can be a solid color it is most often mottled spotted ringed or striped.