Le jaspe est une roche sédimentaire contenant de 80 à 95 % de silice, souvent classée avec les quartz microcristallins mais qui peut aussi contenir de l'argile. Elle est constituée de radiolaires calcédonieux pris dans un ciment de calcédoine. Sa cassure est écailleuse, parfois conchoïdale.
Fiche d'identité :
Jaspe
Quartz microcristallisé
Origine : inconnue
38,61 carats environ
25mm pour la grande 22 mm pour les deux petites environ
Naturelle
English :
Agate is a variety of Chalcedony
A distinctly banded fibrous chalcedony. Originally reported from Dirillo river (Achates river), Acate, Ragusa Province, Sicily, Italy.
The banding in agate is based on periodic changes in the translucency of the agate substance. Layers appear darker when they are more translucent (this may appear reversed in transmitted light). This effect may be accompanied and amplified by changes in the color of neighboring layers, due to other co-precipitated minerals. In old agates that have been subject to weathering and chemical alteration the differences in translucency may disappear, such specimens may turn almost opaque.
SKU : JSP1
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