RB 0718

Serial Number: RB 0718

Status: Display

Description:
Jasper Arabic Prayer Beads.
This Jasper Arabic prayer beads comes in a range of colors including yellow, blue and silver colored stones and is composed of 33 oval shaped beads. The bead size measures 13 x 22 mm, 56 cm in length, and weighs 82.30 grams. The Shaheed is made of jasper stone while the karkousha is blue and golden colored tassel.

Jasper is an opaque rock of virtually any color stemming from the mineral content of the original sediments or ash. Patterns arise during the consolidation process forming flow and depositional patterns in the original silica rich sediment or volcanic ash. Hydrothermal circulation is generally thought to be required in the formation of jasper.