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jasper
1[ jas-per ]
noun
- a compact, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually colored red: often used in decorative carvings.
- Also called jasper ware;. a fine, hard stoneware introduced c1775 by Wedgwood, stained various colors by metallic oxides, with raised designs in white.
jasper
2[ jas-per ]
noun
- a fellow; guy.
Jasper
3[ jas-per ]
noun
- a city in NW Alabama.
- a resort town in SW Alberta, in SW Canada, on the Athabasca River: headquarters for Jasper National Park.
- a male given name, form of Caspar.
jasper
/ ˈæə /
noun
- an opaque impure microcrystalline form of quartz, red, yellow, brown, or dark green in colour, used as a gemstone and for ornamental decoration
- Also calledjasper ware a dense hard stoneware, invented in 1775 by Wedgwood, capable of being stained throughout its substance with metallic oxides and used as background for applied classical decoration
jasper
- A reddish, brown, or yellow variety of chert. Jasper usually occurs in association with iron ores and contains iron impurities that give it its color.
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Example Sentences
Two layered discs carved out of Dalmatian jasper support a pink-hued thulite bowl; the materials were selected by the brand’s gemologists and cut and polished by lapidaries to bring out their full character.
It’s a desolate alluvial fan on the southern flanks of the Cady Mountains, where sparkling calcite crystals and pieces of quartz, jasper and agate are continually carried down the slopes by thunderstorms and flash floods.
A reddish-brown jasper features a satyr seated on rocks beside a pillar.
Chakra practitioners believe that a red stone, such as jasper, can help with increasing confidence, overcoming fear and achieving stability.
And Oregon produces different varieties of sunstone and jasper.
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