Red Jasper Crystal Pyramid Incense Holder Red jasper - an opaque

Red jasper - an opaque brick-red chalcedony coloured through by iron

independently held precious

The flash is light scattering off fine layers within the feldspar - the same optical family as a moonstone’s sheen

and the first mineral in history named after a person

5cm top diameter)

Red Jasper Crystal Pyramid Incense Holder Red jasper - an opaqueRed jasper an opaque brick red chalcedony cut to four faces and an apex, coloured through by iron and carved since the earliest civilisations. Solid and earthy, with the heft of fired clay. From India. It is the opaque cousin of carnelian the same iron coloured chalcedony, but so densely included that no light passes, reading as deep, even terracotta sometimes crossed by darker veining. Its name descends through Latin and Greek from older words across