† jaspn.
/dʒasp//dʒɑːsp/ Now rare or Obsolete.
a. = jasper n.1 1.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > jasper
jasperc1330
jaspa1350
jaspis1382
jasper stone1517
diasper1582
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chalcedony > others
jasperc1330
jaspa1350
jaspis1382
jasper stone1517
diasper1582
Mocha stone1679
haytorite1827
sapphirine1866
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chert > jasper
jasperc1330
riband jasper1790
ruin jasper1798
ribbon jasper1804
jasp1900
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 31 Ase saphyr in seluer semly on syht, ase iaspe þe gentil þat lemeþ wiþ lyht.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. liv. 12 I shal sette iasp [a1425 iaspis] thy pynacles.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 257/2 Iaspe, stone, iaspis.
1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 70 A box with grene Iaspys.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 569 As iesp, iasink, and margaretis mony one.
1591 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Visions in Complaints ii The floore of Iasp and Emeraude was dight.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xii. 44 Wrought of Marble, Iaspe, and other black stone, with veines of red.
1900 Daily News 15 Apr. 5/5 I have seen the most expensive map in the world... The 86 departments of France are represented by as many varieties of Siberian jasp.
b. jasp-opal n. = jasper-opal n. at jasper n.1 Compounds 3.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > opal > [noun] > varieties of
girasol1588
oculus mundi1661
eye of the world1730
hydrophane1784
cacholong1791
pitchstone1794
pyrophane1794
semi-opal1794
fire opal1811
sun opal1818
isopyre1827
alumocalcite1832
jasper-opal1843
opal jasper1848
resin opal1850
pitch opal1861
jasp-opal1868
opal-agate1868
harlequin1873
harlequin opal1887
wax-opal1896
potch1897
pinfire1902
moss opal1904
nobby1919
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > amorphous quartz or opal > others
girasol1588
oculus mundi1661
hydrophane1784
cacholong1791
pitchstone1794
pyrophane1794
semi-opal1794
wood-stone1794
fire opal1811
wood-opal1816
sun opal1818
isopyre1827
jasper-opal1843
opal jasper1848
resin opal1850
natural glass1853
pitch opal1861
vitrite1866
jasp-opal1868
opal-agate1868
pearl opal1872
harlequin1873
harlequin opal1887
wax-opal1896
potch1897
moss opal1904
nobby1919
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 199 Jasp-opal..Opal containing some yellow oxyd of iron and other impurities, and having the color of yellow jasper with the lustre of common opal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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