Rainforest Jasper - Australia

Rainforest Jasper is amazing. Those windows of Agate are incredible - and all different varieties of Agate too! I think the colour is lovely, two tone green with orangey brown and other interesting inclusions encasing a chocolate box of exciting Agate patterns and styles. Beautiful stone!

Fun to cut and polish - I like cutting this material a lot. it's surprisingly even in it's hardness despite the physical contrast, so it cuts and shapes easily. It's quite hard - a typical Agate or Jasper hardness. Polish is easily achieved and by .25 micron it's bright as glass. Wonderful shine!  I set the 25x18mm cabochon in a commerical silver plated setting - one of my favourite horizontal designs - you may have noticed.

25x18mm Rainforest Jasper - Australia