Dragon Blood Jasper

 

 

 Dragon Blood Jasper is a unique and striking stone known for its mossy-olive green colors that are accented with veins and patches of bright red.  The rich, earthy opaque colors make this stone perfert for classic designs and projects.  While called Jasper, this stone is a variety of Quartz. 

There are several stones that are very similar to Dragon Blood Jasper, including Bloodstone (which features a deeper green base with spots of red) and Dragon's Blood Stone (which hails from Australia and features a more blue-green base with flecks of red). 

This amazing stone is also called Dragon Bloodstone, Dragon's Blood Jasper and Bastite.  Our Jasper is mined from South Africa, and then cut, polished and drilled in East Asia.  Dry Gulch carries many different cuts and unique shapes of this beautiful stone in several sizes.
• Legend has it that Dragon Blood Jasper is actually the petrified remains of dragons, with the green representing the skin and the red representing the blood.
• Dragon Blood Jasper is believed to give courage and strength to those who wear it.
• Sometimes Dragon Blood Jasper is called Dragonstone, but this can be confusing as the common name of Septarian is also Dragonstone.