Visual Features & Mineral Composition for:

• Color Matrix: It features a distinctive light cream-to-beige background heavily speckled with black and dark brown spots. [1, 2]

• Texture & Shape: The stone has been tumbled smooth into an elongated, oval pebble shape with a semi-glossy, polished surface texture. [1, 2]

• True Geology: While commercially referred to as a “jasper,” it is actually a fine-grained, aplitic silicate rock. Quartz and feldspar chiefly form the lighter base matrix, while the signature dark spots comprise alkali amphiboles like arfvedsonite or ferro-riebeckite instead of tourmaline. [1, 2]