Red Jasper Crystal Bracelet Tumbled Stones Distinct from the Peruvian Black

Distinct from the Peruvian Black Copal (Bursera copallifera) - same trade name family

the powder releases its volatile fraction within seconds - citric

light in the hand

all for a coloured stone - jasper has been named and worked for thousands of years

the stone given between people since before writing

Red Jasper Crystal Bracelet Tumbled Stones Distinct from the Peruvian BlackRed jasper an opaque brick red chalcedony coloured through by iron, carved into seals and amulets since the earliest civilisations. Earthy and solid, with the weight of fired clay. From India, strung on elastic cord. 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