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JASPER
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-QUARTZ; MINERAL/ROCK-CHALCEDONY; MINERAL/ROCK-JASPER;
- Description
- Rectanglar shaped jasper sample has a smooth surface and is a transparent pink and greenish color throughout. It has been cut by a rock saw. A small '10' exists in black lettering on a small white circle.
- Category
- ROCKS AND MINERALS
- Sub-Category
- MINERAL, NONMETALLIC
- Description
- Rectanglar shaped jasper sample has a smooth surface and is a transparent pink and greenish color throughout. It has been cut by a rock saw. A small '10' exists in black lettering on a small white circle.
- History Of Use
- Jasper sample is a fine variety quartz with a red colored iron oxide. It is a form of chalcedony and occurs in mammillary masses.
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-QUARTZ; MINERAL/ROCK-CHALCEDONY; MINERAL/ROCK-JASPER;
- Width
- 7.5
- Length
- 11
- Depth
- 1.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1996.0136.0001.2
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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