Ocean JasperTM
Egg
Ocean JasperTM is a trade name for an orbicular chalcedony found only in northwest Madagascar. "Orbicular" refers to the spherical patterning in many pieces. Although the name chalcedony is not commonly known, the mineral is actually the mother stone of many semiprecious gems: red chalcedony is called carnelian, black is onyx, and the banded is better known as agate. Ocean JasperTM can be translucent to opaque, with orbs and layers in a wide range of colors, although primarily white, green, and cream. It was first discovered in 1999 by Paul Obeniche, the mentor to Nader Kawar, the owner of Enter the Earth.
Ocean JasperTM is associated metaphysically with balancing "parts to the whole", addressing components of a system and then reintegrating them, like an individual chakra to the entire subtle body. Orbicular stones have been used traditionally for insight, intuitive development, and spiritual protection. Ocean JasperTM is a popular tool today for purification, peace during change, and emotional support. When it was first discovered the mine was only accessible at low tide, associating it with these spiritual qualities of the sea.
We did a fresh reading on Ocean JasperTM that you can read at Stacie's old blog, just click here.
This small egg has several orb patterns happening at once. A wide spread of yellow and red orbs becomes more clearly defined and surrounded by white and green banding. In other spots, white to yellow orbs are surrounded by grayish green "flowers", a radiating cluster of quartz points. The background color is bright white. A few sections have green druzy and white botryodial quartz growth, resembling piles of small spheres.
This egg weighs aproximately 0.23 lbs. and measures approximately 1 7/8" X 1 1/2".
*Stand is not included.