Jun 6, 2017
487 Bumble Bee ‘Jasper’ slice - a variety of Calcite - also known as Bumble Bee Agate & Fumerolic Jasper
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. 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.
Jasper is a variety or type of Chalcedony, which is a variety of Quartz.