• Mined in southern Idaho outside of Boise.
• It is a one of the picture jasper family named for the unique picture like landscapes contained in each individual stone.
• The artistic like patterns found in the Golden Desert give the impression of looking at a vast and beautiful desert landscape. Each stone has its own individual landscape, in rich colors of brown, tan and golden yellow.
• Jaspers are mentioned throughout history used as symbols of prestige and adornment as well as used for tools and weapons.
• Jasper was considered a sacred stone by Native Americans. Used in rituals and rites.
• Picture Jasper is petrified or silicated mud that dripped into gas pockets in molten lava. It became super heated and then solidified forming unusual banded patterns, which are typical of this stone.
• Golden Desert is 7-7.5 on the Moh’s hardness scale.
• Jasper is an opaque chalcedony and is a member of the quartz family.
• Jasper is often used in dream work and visioning to form a greater bond with nature.
• 100% natural. No treatments.

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