Jasper Polychrome
A beautiful Polychrome Jasper from the Analava formations, Sofia, Madagascar.
Jasper is an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony, is an opaque variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color and rarely blue. The common red color is due to inclusions. Jasper breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone.
Mounted in a handmade dark brass base.