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A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set as jewels.
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A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.
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mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate.
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A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.
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Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.
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Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.
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Agate jasper.
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Resembling jasper.
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An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.
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Jasper.
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A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.
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To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
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Of the nature of jasper; mixed with jasper.
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A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
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An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.
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