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487 & 389 Bumble Bee ‘Jasper’ slice and polished stone - a variety of Calcite

487 weight 23.84g/119.2cts & dimensions 65x51x5mm

389 weight 12g/60cts & dimensions 26x20x20mm

Bumble Bee ‘Jasper’ is the trade name for colourful fibrous Calcite found only on the Indonesian island of Java. ‘Jasper’ is a misnomer, as it contains little or no Quartz.

It forms in volcanic fumarole environments and is a porous, layered, multi-coloured sedimentary rock. Bumble Bee ‘Jasper’ contains varying amounts of Sulphur (yellow layers), manganese oxides (black), the arsenic-sulphide minerals Realgar and Orpiment (orange), and the calcium-carbonate minerals Calcite and Aragonite.

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clockwise from top left: 024 Fossil Shell Jasper; 071 Unakite; 011 Grey Agate; 040 Kalahari Picture Stone; 032 Opalite

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034 & 029 Leopardskin Jasper

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back row from left: 208 Dendritic Merlinite; 226 Carnelian; 205 Chrysocolla; 213 Tree Agate

middle row from left: 339 Rough Amber; 200 Honey Calcite; 243 Pink Opal Stone; 221 Lepidolite

front row from left: 201 Red Calcite; Pumice Stone

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shades of yellow...

clockwise from left: 234 Yellow/Golden Aragonite; 154 Lemon Chrysoprase: Yellow Agate; 448 Yellow Fluorite crystal (Morocco); 088 Yellow Jasper; 389 Bumble Bee Jasper (Australia); 262 Yellow Jade cabochon; 297 Amber x5 pieces; 065 Peanut Wood (Australia)

centre top left: 010 Yellow Aventurine; centre bottom left: 086 Serpentine; centre right: 191 Sulphur (Bolivia)

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back row from left: 127 Peacock Ore / Bornite; 131 Pink Opal; 126 Agate Geode; 119 Mookaite Jasper; 128 Pyrite

centre row from left: 138 Pink Zebra Agate; 120 Lepidolite: 125 Aragonite Crystal Cluster; 123 Rhodonite

bottom row from left: 135 Chrysocolla; 134 Opalite; 137 Green Jade / Nephrite

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clockwise from top left: 218 Peach Moonstone, 219 Bronzite, 223 Onyx, 224 Emerald in Phlogopite, 191 Sulphur (Bolivia), 204 Red Tourmaline, 206 Amazonite (China), 229 Flint (Norfolk, UK)

centre left: 194 Lapis Lazuli, centre middle: 212 Desert Rose, centre right: 230 Orange Calcite

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clockwise from top left: 169 Red Aventurine, 225 Green Aventurine, 185 Peach Aventurine, 139 Silver Aventurine, 300 Red Aventurine, 010 Yellow Aventurine, 172 Green Aventurine

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egg-shaped stones

clockwise from top  left: 035 Onyx, 365 Selenite, 052 Leopardskin Jasper, 046 Unakite

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clockwise from top left: 064 Carnelian, 171 Chiastolite, 115 Iceland Spar, 094 Green Calcite, 008 Aragonite, 166 Kambaba Jasper, 079 Turquenite, 081 Red Howlite, 060 Blue Quartz, 042 Angelite

centre left: 069 Serpentine in Chrysolite, centre right: 043 Bronzite

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clockwise from left: 142 Leopardskin Jasper, 143 Mookaite Jasper (Australia), 007 Apricot Agate, 155 Chevron Amethyst, 036 Botswana Agate (Botswana), 037 Moss Agate, 147 Pietersite (South Africa), 060 Blue Quartz, 156 Selenite

centre left: 144 Turquenite, centre middle: 154 Lemon Chrysoprase, centre right: 038 Picture Stone

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clockwise from left: 362 Vanadinite crystals on Baryte matrix, 250 Celestite, 305 Galena, Pyrite & Quartz crystals, 257 Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions & Sphalerite, 303 Chondrodite & Spinel crystals (Afghanistan)

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clockwise from top left: 222 Rhodonite, 191 Sulphur (Bolivia), 212 Desert Rose, 206 Amazonite (China)

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clockwise from top left: 025 Rhodonite, 051 Shell Fossil Stone, 070 Rhyolite, 012 Snowflake Obsidian, 234 Yellow Aragonite, 082 Brecciated Jasper

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clockwise from left: 479 Tiger-Glass Stone, 482 Yellow Agate, 481 Mookaite Jasper (Australia), 480 Golden Tiger’s Eye 

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clockwise from back left: 110 Honey Calcite, 161 Green Moonstone, 045 Orange Calcite, 026 Green Calcite, 164 Chalcopyrite (Peru), 172 Green Aventurine, 013 Carnelian pyramid (China), 027 White Moonstone, 089 Black Sardonyx

centre left: 162 Banded Jasper, centre middle: 158 Fuchsite (Brazil), centre right: 112 Mookaite Jasper (Australia)

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clockwise from left: 423 Serpentine, 422 Rhodonite, 420 Infinity Stone - a variety of Serpentine (South Africa), 421 Shiva Lingham (India)