Chatoyant Tigereye And Picture Jasper Bracelet

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Chatoyant Tigereye And Picture Jasper Bracelet
Item # B437BR
Brown stone bracelet features banded picture jasper square tubes, and 6mm chatoyant tigereye rounds.
Jasper 'square tubes' are aprox. 5/8 inches long.
Stones are spaced with thin sterling silver beads for a delicete look, but with the extra sturdiness of quality beading cable.
Lobster clasp is made of sterling silver.
Anklet sizes here.

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Sterling silver lobster clasp.

Why is it called picture jasper?
In this case, a picture does speak a thousand words. (Pun somewhat intended).

section of polished

Deschutes Oregon Picture Jasper

Owyhee Idaho slabs

Owyhee Idaho Picture Jasper
From Smithsonian Mineral Collection

Jasper is the common name for a group of varied colored stones with similar properties.
More info on jasper here.

Picture jasper is so called, since, when cut into slabs, it can resemble brown landscapes. To achieve this effect, a special saw is used to slice off thin slabs of the rock opposing the internal banding. The slabs are then polished to enhance the detail.

Some examples show a suprisingly similarity to landscape paintings, complete with trees, rolling hills, and mountains in the background. The beige to brown banding can be seen in the bracelet above.