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4.9" Polished Coquina Jasper Slab - India
This is a beautiful, 4.9" wide polished slab of coquina jasper from the Himalayan Mountains of India. The polishing is wonderful, with no dull spots or scuff marks. An absolutely interesting and gorgeous piece. It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Coquina Jasper is also known by the trade names "Arabic Script Jasper", "Elephant Skin Jasper", "Calligraphy Stone" or "Mariam Jasper". It is a fossiliferous sedimentary rock mined from the Himalayan Mountains in India.
This stone started out as a silica-rich mud full of accumulated shell fragments known as a coquina. Coquina is actually the Spanish word for cockleshells or shellfish. Coquinas accumulate in high-energy marine environments such as coastlines where currents and waves result in the abrasion, fracturing, and sorting of the shells that compose them. Over time, these shell fragments fossilized and the silica-rich mud turned into a jasper. The orange coloration is a result of iron oxidation.
This stone started out as a silica-rich mud full of accumulated shell fragments known as a coquina. Coquina is actually the Spanish word for cockleshells or shellfish. Coquinas accumulate in high-energy marine environments such as coastlines where currents and waves result in the abrasion, fracturing, and sorting of the shells that compose them. Over time, these shell fragments fossilized and the silica-rich mud turned into a jasper. The orange coloration is a result of iron oxidation.
SPECIES
Chalcedony var. Jasper
LOCATION
Himalayan Mountains, India
SIZE
4.9 x 4.3", .29" thick
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#130903
