Letter E - Elephant Skin Jasper

Letter E in a gemstone is kind of difficult.  You think Emerald, but since I blog on Opaque Gemstones, Emeralds doesn't really work.  Then I found Elephant Skin Jasper, also known as Script Stone and Coquina Jasper.  It comes from fossil coquina shells, showing beautiful details in colors of browns and caramels.

Jaspers are grained, dense gemstones, containing up to 20 percent other materials, which will determine its color and appearance.  I always love to find new and unique jasper stones and then learn about how they were formed.