jas·per /ˈʤæspɚ/
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 Jas·per n.  Min. 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 jasper or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper.
 Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper.
 Jasper ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by Josiah Wedgwood. It is usually white, but is capable of receiving color.

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 jasper
      n : an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark
          green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone


 Jasper
    (Heb. yashpheh, "glittering"), a gem of various colours, one of
    the twelve inserted in the high priest's breast-plate (Ex.
    28:20). It is named in the building of the New Jerusalem (Rev.
    21:18, 19). It was "most precious," "clear as crystal" (21:11).
    It was emblematic of the glory of God (4:3).