Brecciated Jasper

by Joel E. Arem

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Brecciated Jasper

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Joel E. Arem

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Photograph - Photograph

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Quartz, silicon oxide (silica), is one of the most abundant and ubiquitous minerals in the earth's crust. It is the primary constituent of beach sand and occurs in many colors, all of which are used as gemstones. Microcrystalline (cryptocrystalline) varieties can be stained by mineral impurities to produce a wide range of colors and patterns. Chalcedony is a translucent near-colorless material; if the impurity staining is in layers or bands, the resulting material is generally called agate. If the coloration is irregular, or in odd shapes or random patterns, the term jasper is usually applied. Hundreds of localities for these materials exist worldwide, and the varieties in color and pattern are almost endless. The photo shows a slice of brecciated jasper, so-named because the color pattern resembles a rock, made up of cemented angular broken mineral fragments, known as breccia.

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July 31st, 2019

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