Poppy Jasper Slab

Poppy Jasper

Found near Morgan Hill, California in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Poppy Jasper is a famous, but increasingly rare orbicular jasper with red and yellow dots of "poppy flowers." It is a brecciated jasper, meaning it probably came from sun-dried and oxidized iron-rich clay. An opaque variety of cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony), jasper is found worldwide. It owes its opacity and color to its incorporation of varying amounts of other minerals. Red to brown jasper is colored by hematite, yellow jasper by clay, and goethite can make it brown or yellow. Oregon is famous for its wide varieties of picture jasper. Other deposits are found in the USA, Mexico, and Africa. Metaphysically, jasper imparts determination and courage.