[Rockhounds] purple jasper

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

I've seen it at several dealer websites (my daughter is into beading). 
A quick Google search turned up this one. 
http://stores.ebay.com/Stone-Savvy/Metaphysical.html



On Monday, Nov 17, 2008, at 12:44 America/Detroit, Horst Windisch wrote:

> Hi Kreigh,
>
> Do you have a more exact locality of this purple jasper? I am not 
> aware of this locality in South Africa and satill have to see some of 
> this material.
>
> Horst
> .
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>> Purple jasper beads, sold under the trade name Imperial Purple Jasper 
>> come from South Africa.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008, at 10:48 America/Detroit, Jan Arnold wrote:
>>
>>> Just returned from a trip to Northern Nevada and  Southern Eastern 
>>> Oregon.  While there I found two pieces of a deep purple jasper.  It 
>>> was probably not native to the area because both pieces had been 
>>> shaped into tools.  Does anyone have any idea where this purple 
>>> jasper originates?
>>>
>>> Jan Arnold
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