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US
/ˈdʒæspɝ/
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[ UK /dʒˈɑːspɐ/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɑːspɐ/ ]
NOUN
- an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
How To Use jasper In A Sentence
- B.C.,) the Dynasty in which lived the Amen-em-hats and the Usertsens, the great early art period of the Egyptian empire, [26] the Egyptians engraved on amethyst, jasper and rock crystal, and at that early period did some of the most beautiful work remaining to us of their glyptography. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
- The surface of the land is scattered with fragments of white silex and fine red jasper, banded with black oligistic iron: this rock, close, hard, and fine enough to bear cutting, appears everywhere in scatters and amongst the conglomerates. The Land of Midian
- These include aquamarine, chrome diopside, diamond, jade, labradorite, forsterite, opal, pyrope, variscite, and many unique agates and jaspers.
- Pis Jasper joue tout seul et s'en fout quand je joue avec lui alors autant m'occuper de vous: p Pinku-tk Diary Entry
- The family dog Jasper, a brown spotted Dalmatian, strained at his lead as master and family passed by.
- A limited edition of 1,000 white on pale blue Jasper 8-inch plates, featuring the Home Office seal, were produced.
- I knew that keeping Jasper amused, making him happy, and keeping myself deserving of him, was my one achievement.
- The loneliness of keeping the secret can bury you. It helped bury Jasper.
- The depictions of birds and flowers were executed in precious materials including lapis lazuli, agate, Sicilian red and green jasper, chalcedony, amethyst and quartz as well as superb hard stones.
- All of a sudden the great sheltering limbs of the trees over Jasperwood look like ceiling beams in a quake-shaken house, ready to crash down.