Spider jasper Inner Mongolian quartz remnants of quartz that once

remnants of quartz that once grew with the piece

There is additionally a cluster of calcite crystals at the entrance of the geode

This piece is long

and gives the quartz a dull greenish gray hue

***The "crack" visible in images is a natural plane through the sandstone that is semi-stable

Spider jasper Inner Mongolian quartz remnants of quartz that onceLocale: Mexico Approx dimensions: 3 x 2. 75 x 2. 5" Approx weight: 435g Spider jasper is called a lot of names in the industry, including chrysanthemum, starburst, and fireworks jasper, due to its distinctive radial starburst pattern on a dark chocolate brown and red tinted background. Spider jasper is in fact not a true jasper, but a variety of rhyolite. A lot of jaspers are actually rhyolite! Mineralogically jasper is a variety of chalcedony, which