Red Creek Jasper 6mm Round Matte Large Hole Beads - 8 InchRed Creek Jasper is named for the Red River in china where the stone was recently discovered. Its colors include burnt red, mustard yellow, olive green and gray to green, and it can be mottled or striated with veins of these colors. Jasper is an opaque, microcrystalline form of Quartz, revered by ancient civilizations as a sacred stone of protection.

with a Mohs Hardness of 8

cream colors and whites

Historically

siderophyllite

” taking its name from the stone

but is prized

with some transparent inclusions

is aptly named for its shades of gold

while today it is primarily mined in Africa

while other impurities in the stone may create veining and rich patterns

translucent stone that can appear with such bright orange hues that the ancient Egyptians called it “the setting sun

and short prismatic crystals