Kiwi Jasper

Physical Formation
Kiwi Jasper (sometimes called Sesame Jasper) is actually a sea-foam green composite rock composed of microcrystalline quartz, pale green Amazonite, and black Tourmaline or mica inclusions. It develops in granite pegmatites and hydrothermal deposit zones.

Color: Soft mint or sea-foam green with distinctive black, gray, and translucent speckled spots
Mohs Hardness: 6 – 6.5
Common Sources: New Zealand and Madagascar
Zodiac Signs Associated With: Aries, Leo
Chakras Associated With: Heart Chakra, Root Chakra

Metaphysical Associations
Kiwi Jasper is celebrated as a nurturing and uplifting stone. It is commonly used to support emotional healing, balance energetic highs and lows, lighten the mood, and encourage a compassionate, tranquil state of mind.

Fun Fact
Despite being commercially called a "jasper," its black speckles are usually tiny crystals of Black Tourmaline embedded within an Amazonite and quartz matrix.