Jasper Yellow Green Gemstone

The common red color is due to iron iii inclusions.

Jasper yellow green gemstone.

It occurs in nodules or as fillings in fissures and may be found the world over. It comes in several colors. It is a variety of the green grossular garnet and gets its striking green color from trace amounts of vanadium or chromium present during its formation. The swirling patterns the flecks of color daubs of red green and yellow the woody or organic looking patches all make this a truly unique gemstone.

Jasper breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It is a semi valuable stone in a mud covered red brown green and yellow color. The word jasper means spotted or speckled stone and when you see the huge variety of gemstones that appear under this name you can understand why. Owyhee jasper is originated from the border of oregon and idaho.

Jasper an aggregate of microgranular quartz and or chalcedony and other mineral phases is an opaque impure variety of silica usually red yellow brown or green in color. Tsavorite is one of the most popular of the garnet varieties and due to its rarity it is quite valuable. Jasper is almost always multicolored with unique color patterns and habits. The gemstone jasper jasper is an opaque variety of chalcedony and is usually associated with brown yellow or reddish colors but may be used to describe other opaque colors of chalcedony such as dark or mottled green orange and black.