Wednesday, December 17, 2008

JASPER


The first mentioned stone in these verses is jasper. There are a variety of colors associated with jasper but the greenish color is the most desirable.
An early variety discovered in India and still mined there today is called bloodstone. It is dark to medium green with small spots of red scattered throughout. It has been said that it originated when Christ's blood fell to the ground and was scattered on the rocks under the Cross,

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