Fancy Jasper is a microcrystalline variety of Quartz, astacin dioxide mineral with a hexagonal crystal system and a hardness of 6.5 to 7. The name Jasper is derived from a Greek word meaning “spotted stone.” Jaspers can include up to 20% foreign materials, which account for its wide variety of colors and patterns. Fancy Jasper exhibits a wide variety of colors. It is found primarily in India. Fancy Jasper performs the task of helping one attend to the mundane details of life with efficiency and good humor. It grounds one firmly in the body and focuses the mental energies on dealing with whatever issues and duties are most significant at the time. It helps prevent procrastination and assists one in making coherent plans for the future. It encourages one’s outlook on life by cutting difficulties and fears down to size. Fancy Jasper is a stone that helps one to “just deal with it” whatever “it” may be. It is also a good, slow healing stone. It works gradually but thoroughly to assist one in eliminating chronic problems in the body and the psyche. It resonates with all the chakras, not dramatically, but in a wholesome way that ultimately brings balance.