Red Jasper Crystal Bracelet Red Jasper The Burseraceae family connects this

The Burseraceae family connects this resin to the wider arc of aromatic chemistry across continents - same family produces frankincense in Arabia

the chatoyancy that gives it its name

and sailors carried it for safe passage

cool and light in the hand

sometimes warming to yellow-green

Red Jasper Crystal Bracelet Red Jasper The Burseraceae family connects thisRed jasper an opaque brick red chalcedony coloured through by iron, carved into seals and amulets since the earliest civilisations. Earthy and solid, with the weight of fired clay. From India, strung on elastic cord. It is the opaque cousin of carnelian the same iron coloured chalcedony, but so densely included that no light passes, reading as deep, even terracotta sometimes crossed by darker veining. Its name descends through Latin and Greek from