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jasper  

Definition

  • An opaque, fine-grained or dense variety of the silica mineral chert that exhibits various colours. Chiefly brick red to brownish red, it owes its colour to admixed hematite; but when it occurs with clay admixed, the colour is a yellowish white or gray, o

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  • https://www.britannica.com/topic/jasper-mineral

Editorial note

  • 5.5

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/jasper/3.14

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