This material has long been marketed as jasper. Especially in the USA the name Polychrome Jasper or Dessert Jasper is used. Polychrome jasper or picture jasper is commonly used in our trade.
JASPIS is a cryptocrystalline quartz with a fine-grained structure, especially in the jewelry trade all kinds of stones and marble types are constantly offered as jasper, because apparently the name jasper is easier to sell.
However, our raw product has a clear tuber formation with a clearly recognizable outer rind and a razor-sharp break - typical of
CHALCEDONY - FLINT.
Found in Mahajunga in northern Madagascar
The weight of this piece is 1.2 kilograms
Dimensions: 13 x 11 x 7 cm Picture 4 is the underside.