Here is another long hand cut bloodstone jasper ring in a large split shank ring design.
The stone is a hand cut long oval and is 34 by 18 mm or 1 3/8 inch long by 5/8 inches wide.
This ring has a heavy gage split shank in an art nouveau style ring and is a size 7 1/2 but can be sized from a 6 to a 9.
Jasper is an opaque form of Chalcedony, which is a microcrystalline variety of the mineral Quartz. It often contains an abundance of impurities, and therefore some regard it as a rock instead of a mineral. Jasper is usually associated with brown, yellow, or reddish colors, but may be used to describe other opaque colors of Chalcedony such as dark or mottled green and orange. Some forms of Jasper are banded, and these banded Jaspers may appear similar to Agate, but unlike Agate they are opaque. When Jasper is dull and lacking interesting colors or patterns, it is not Jasper but rather Chert.
