Its use as an adornment stone extends across cultures for thousands of years

its blue-to-green color set by copper and iron

Ocean Jasper is actually not a Jasper

The deep red color comes from hematite (Fe2O3) coating the quartz sand grains

The Grounding Set Supportive Its use as an adornmentFive stones from five different mineral familieseach with its own geological character, each with a long history in protective and grounding traditions. Black Tourmaline is a boron silicate mineral in the schorl variety, Mohs 77. 5, piezoelectric and strongly associated with grounding in lapidary tradition. Amethyst is violet quartz colored by trace iron and natural irradiation, Mohs 7. Obsidian is rapidly cooled volcanic glassa mineraloid rather than