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Dreaming Magpie
Gemstone Jewellery & Healing Crystals
Toni Allen and Daniel Skipp
There are many different types of jasper. It is one of the large group of minerals called chalcedony, a type of quartz.
Jasper is the supreme nurturer. It is an excellent stone to be worn during times of loneliness or solitude because it helps remind us of the oneness of humanity and our connection with not only people but the animal and plant realms as well. It is a sustaining stone and represents the elemental man and helps keep ones energy up, so is particularly useful during times of hospitalisation, or when one feels particularly tired.
Leopard skin jasper invokes the keen senses, strength and vigour of the leopard.
Brecciated jasper is often named poppy jasper, although, contrary to popular belief, whilst very similar they are not identical. In order to clarify this point I visited the Natural History Museum in London to study their specimens. The two minerals both have a wonderful burgundy as their base colour but I found that Brecciated jasper has quartz inclusions and that true poppy jasper has none. A slice of poppy jasper will show just how it came to be named as the colours spangle out in poppy shaped flowers, mainly with a rich red creating the flowers.
Due to the bead shapes used in jewellery making it is very difficult to distinguish the two minerals and extremely hard to capture the true beauty of the almost watercolour like splashed poppies in poppy jasper.
We hope at some point to be able to source some poppy jasper slices to offer both in our jewellery and as specimens.
Brecciated jasper has a gorgeous crazy paving effect. The word breccia simply means “rock composed of sharp-angled fragments embedded in a fine-grained matrix.”
The dark red brecciated jasper helps one to walk ones own path in life by offering strength and courage to do so.
Rhodonite is a stone of love and helps one to achieve their greatest potential. It helps generate a feeling of oneness and unconditional love to the physical plane.
Garnet helps one stay grounded and brings greater vitality. It also aids in bringing one's dreams into the physical world.
The Rhodonite on this piece is an exceptionally rich pink with very few dark inclusions. These images do not do the garnet justice.
This beautiful piece has been created to help one walk ones own path with unconditional love, and have the energy to do so.
It is also a wonderful piece to enhance sexuality within loving relationships.
We coupled this beautiful red jasper with silver to create a sense of abundance and well being.
Length 19 in
Price £85
Leopard skin jasper is associated with service to others and connection with the animal kingdom. The number three symbolises nature so we have set three beautiful leopard skin oval stones amidst a wealth of silver and brecciated jasper. This combination helps boost the wearer’s courage to nurture while maintaining a strong sense of their own purpose in life.
If Leopard is your power totem then this is the necklace for you.
A great piece for cat lovers and those who work healing all types of animals.
