Description

Vintage Pendant/Amulet in African Queen Jasper 226ct – End 19th/Begin 20th C

Museum Quality Artifacts
Genuine Vintage Hand Carved Jewelry Pendant
Estimated end 19th Century
‘African Queen’ Jasper (Calahari – Namibia) also called Picture Jasper

✓ Image: Nude lady
✓ Size: 72x50x12 mm (2.9x2x0.48 inch)
✓ Weight: 226 carat
✓ Country of Origin: South Africa

Info on Jasper

The name means ‘spotted or speckled stone’ and is derived via old French Jaspre and Latin Iaspis. Terms attributed to various well-defined materials includes the geographic locality where it is found, sometimes quite restricted such as “Bruneau” (a canyon) and “Lahontan” (a lake), rivers and even individual mountains.

Many are fanciful, such as “forest fire” or “rainbow”, while others are descriptive, such as “autumn” or “porcelain”. A few are designated by the place of origin such as a brown Egyptian or red African Picture jaspers exhibit combinations of patterns, such as banding from flow or depositional patterns (from water or wind), dendritic or color variations, resulting in what appear to be scenes or images (on a cut section).

Diffusion from a center produces a distinctive orbicular appearance, i.e., leopard skin jasper, or linear banding from a fracture as seen in leisegang jasper or African Queen jasper.