Lessons from a Common Gemstone (& why I'd rather be a Jasper than a Diamond)
Left: Ocean Jasper in natural light. Right: Ocean Jasper under cross polarized light. Photo credits see footnote 1. Lessons from a Common Gemstone (& why I'd rather be a Jasper than a Diamond) Did you know that some of the most precious gemstones (diamonds, rubies, garnets) LOSE their brilliance under “pure light” and the more common, less precious ones become vibrant, reflecting all the colors of the rainbow, under that same light? I learned this amazing truth after the following scripture kind of baffled my mind. Revelation 21, 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the a glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; My attention was piqued because, although being a newbie in the rockhounding world, even I kno