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Poppy Jasper, The Adrenaline Stone

Poppy Jasper

Poppy Jasper

Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper is a famous, but increasingly rare orbicular jasper with red and yellow dots of “poppy flowers”. It is a brecciated jasper, meaning it probably came from sun-dried and oxidized iron-rich clay. The cracks were filled in by other substances. The material is quite attractive when polished and is used as an ornamental stone or gemstone.

Poppy Jasper enlivens your body by throwing vortices of uplifting energy toward areas where energy flow is blocked. These vortices break up physical impediments, energetic blockages, and encrusted patterns so your body can accept more life-giving energy. Poppy Jasper acts somewhat like adrenaline, waking up and energizing areas of the body that appear to be sleeping.

Jaspers of all kinds have long been attributed magical powers in just about every culture known to man. Jasper was used in Ancient European times as a “rain bringer” and it is interesting to note that the word for jasper in some American Indian cultures also meant, “Rain Bringer”.

Morgan Hill poppy jasper is found in the area of Morgan Hill, California, USA. Other popular jaspers are found in Germany, India, Russia, Pakistan, France and the USA as well as many other countries.

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Kona Dolomite

Kono Dolomite

Kona Dolomite

The state where this Kono Dolomite Jade is found is in Marquette County, Michigan and this is where the Jasper inherited it’s name from, the Kono Hills, is known as being south of Marquette County, Michigan

Kona Dolomite specimen come in many shades of red, orange, brown, yellow, pink, cream, and often has shades of turquoise, brown, cream, gray and black banding, lacing and mottling. Often they will have inclusions of a dark Red Crystal Dolomite (Mooseblood Dolomite) and this is the only place in the world where that particular color of Red is found.

There are types of Kona Dolomite:

Pansy Kona Dolomite.
Moose Blood Crystal Kona Dolomite.
Breciated Kona Dolomite
Kaleidoscope Kona Dolomite
Moons Kona Dolomite
Hematite Included Kona Dolomite
Leopard Skin Kona Dolomite
Lacy Kona Dolomite
Krazy Lace Kona Dolomite

Kona, makes beautiful slabs for clocks & wind chimes. Fantastic Spheres, Eggs, and Bookends as well as Carvings, as it carves fairly easily. It will often cut some excellent larger Jewelry cabs for Bolos, Belt Buckles and Pendants and sometimes some smaller cabs for Rings, Earrings and other jewelry projects.

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Jasper, The Power Stone

Jasper Stone

Jasper

Jasper stone, is a form of chalcedony, an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually in the form of red, yellow, brown or green color. Blue is mostly rare in jasper. This mineral breaks with a smooth surface, and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone.

The name jasper means “spotted or speckled stone”, and it is derived from an Old French jasrpe (variant of Anglo-Norman jaspe) and Latin iaspidem (nom. iaspis).
Jasper is known to have been a favorite gem in the ancient world; its name can be traced back in Hebrew, Assyrian, Persian, Greek and Latin.

Jasper is one of the gemstones, that used in commesso, also called florentine mosaic. Commesso is a technique of fashioning pictures with thin, cut-to-shape pieces of brightly colored, semiprecious stones, developed in Florence in the late 16th century.

Jasper is one of the birth stones listed for the Sun Sign of Virgo. It is also the Mystical birthstone for the month of October. It often contains organic material and mineral oxides which give it interesting patterns, bands and colors. Many of these patterns resemble landscapes with mountains and valleys, thus the name “picture” is part of the name of many well know jaspers.

Jasper is considered a Power Stone and a stone that accepts intense responsibility as a Protection Stone. Jasper gives one the courage to speak out and have personal independence. Its a stone of the earth, and therefore a very “grounding” stone. All Jaspers have excellent protective energies.

Moreover, Jasper is a stone that reminds us we are not here only for ourselves, but to bring joy and guidance to others, helping them to reach a higher plain. Its a nurturing stone, a good stone for the healers to use on the behalf of others.

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