Ancient Earth, likely North Africa or South Asia, Precambrian to Paleozoic era, ca. 300 to 600 million years ago. A substantial freeform specimen of red jasper, its surfaces brought to a deep mirror polish that reveals the full drama of the stone's internal character: a saturated vermilion ground traversed by diagonal veins of white quartz and grey chalcedony, with one face exposing a raw cleavage plane where the siliceous matrix shifts to paler rose and cream tones. The organic swirling patterns visible on one facet, likely caused by ancient sedimentary or hydrothermal banding, give the specimen an almost figurative quality. Red jasper, an opaque microcrystalline quartz colored by iron oxide inclusions, has been prized across cultures from ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia as a stone of protective and vitalizing power, and specimens of this chromatic intensity and scale command attention as both natural objects and sculptural presences. Size: 5.5" W x 5.8" H x 5.4" D (14.0 cm W x 14.7 cm H x 13.7 cm D); weight: 4.9 kilograms

Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection

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  • Condition: Excellent. Professionally polished and in overall excellent condition.

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June 25, 2026 9:00 AM MDT
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