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Jasper

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Noun

1. jasper

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jasper

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noun
1. 
an opaque impure microcrystalline form of quartz, red, yellow, brown, or dark green in colour, used as a gemstone and for ornamental decoration
2. Also called: jasperware
a dense hard stoneware, invented in 1775 by Wedgwood, capable of being stained throughout its substance with metallic oxides and used as background for applied classical decoration

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Jasper

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noun
a masculine name: equiv. Fr. Gaspard, Ger. Kasper, Sp. Gaspar
noun
1. 
a type of chert quartz that is usually reddish due to the presence of hematite
2.  Bible
a precious stone, probably an opaque green quartz
3. 
a kind of porcelain developed by Wedgwood, having a dull surface in green, blue, etc., with raised designs, usually in white

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jasper

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n.
An opaque cryptocrystalline variety of quartz that may be red, yellow, or brown.

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