The name “Jasper” is a generic name given to any spotted or multicolored stone. Try it in combination with Brandberg Amethyst and Opal

Picture Jasper’s energy works well with its “friends” – crystal associates formed in the same geological environment. If the trace minerals are larger, able to be viewed with the naked eye, the Jasper will be spotted like Bloodstone, or have plant-like inclusions like Picture Jasper. If the trace minerals are microscopic, the Jasper can have a single uniform color, as is the case with Red Jasper, or have multicolored layers, such as Desert Jasper. As the water flows, it picks up an assortment of other trace minerals which give Jasper its coloring and patterns. Jasper is formed long afterwards, when silica-bearing water permeates the rocks and begins to fill these crevices. Following volcanic activity, magma and lava are slowly transformed into igneous rocks broken up with cracks, fissures, other hollows. Most Picture Jaspers are found igneous rocks. Jaspers typically form in the cavities of igneous rocks, but it can also be found in metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Try it in combination with Bloodstone, Brecciated Jasper, Desert Jasper, Mookaite Jasper, Red Jasper, and Yellow Jasper. Picture Jasper’s energy works well with its family – other true Jaspers. These are typically grouped together under the name Chalcedony, or it’s subcategories Agate and Jasper. Microcrystalline quartz has crystals so small they can only be seen through a microscope. Macrocrystalline quartz has well-formed crystals that are large enough to be seen by the naked eye, for example, Amethyst or Clear Quartz.

The Quartz family can be further divided into two categories, macrocrystalline and microcrystalline, all of which can be colorless or appear in every shade of the rainbow.

There are six main groups of Silicate minerals, and these main groups are further subdivided into secondary subdivisions, such as Quartz and Feldspar. These tetrahedra connect with other chemical structures, in six different ways, to form various minerals and rocks. Together, these two elements form a tetrahedron – a shape similar to a pyramid – with a Silicon atom in the center and Oxygen atoms at each of the four corners. Silicates are minerals which contain the elements Silicon (a light gray shiny metal) and Oxygen (a colorless gas).

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