Bumblebee Jasper | Tumbled

Bumbleebee 'Jasper' is a composite mineral discovered in Indonesia in the late 1990s. Its name was inspired by its alternating yellow, orange and black layers that resemble the coloration of bumblebees. Bumblebee 'Jasper' is not a true Jasper because it does not consist primarily of microcrystalline Quartz. It is actually a sedimentary rock containing sulfur, manganese oxides, the arsenic-sulfide minerals realgar and orpiment, and the calcium-carbonate minerals, calcite and aragonite. It forms in volcanic fumarole environments and is a porous, layered, multicolored rock cemented together by carbonate minerals. Its yellow layers are due to sulfur, the black to manganese oxides, the orange to arsenic sulfur. 

Localities: Indonesia

Rarity: Rare

Hardness: 4

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