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Noreena Jasper

Ferruginous silicified sandstone

Ochre-and-brick banding of the ancient outback.

Chakra

Root · Solar Plexus

Element

Earth · Fire

Zodiac

Aries · Capricorn

Noreena Jasper

I. The Metaphysical Reading

How the stone has been held.

Noreena jasper is held as a stone of grounded creativity and steady confidence. Its warm banding is said to help artists and makers stay with a project through its unglamorous middle rather than abandoning it for the next idea.

Chakra
Root · Solar Plexus
Element
Earth · Fire
Zodiac
Aries · Capricorn
Keynote
Ochre-and-brick banding of the ancient outback.

II. The Scientific Reading

What the lattice actually does.

Noreena jasper is a highly silicified iron-rich sedimentary rock from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Its intense red, yellow and ochre bands come from iron oxides and hydroxides infiltrating a silica-cemented sandstone precursor.

Formula
SiO₂ + Fe oxides
System
Trigonal (microcrystalline)
Hardness
6.5 – 7 (Mohs)
Provenance
Australia (Western Australia — Pilbara)

References & Sources

Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.

Mineral Profile

Fact Sheet

Chemical Formula
SiO₂ + Fe oxides
Crystal System
Trigonal (microcrystalline)
Mohs Hardness
6.5 – 7 (Mohs)
Density
2.60 – 2.70 g/cm³
Refractive Index
1.530 – 1.540
Provenance
Australia (Western Australia — Pilbara)
Color Origin
Brick red, mustard yellow and ochre bands from Fe

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