46.1 CTS PARCEL PICTURE ZEBRA JASPER STONES MS 1354

Description

PARCEL FOUR PICTURE CABOCHONS

SIZE 22 x 19 x 4  MM

Jasper was a favorite gem in ancient times and is referenced in Greek, Hebrew, Assyrian and Latin literature.

Found worldwide, a wide variety of named jaspers is found in the western areas of the Unites States; California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Washington.

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.