Jasper Stone Varieties: What Do They Mean and Which One's For You?

Jaspers stone meanings and properties depend on the sorts of Jasper varieties you connect with. This ancient crystal holds many metaphysical benefits from improving relationships to manifesting money. Jasper has unmistakable details and patterns along with its magnetic pull. 

Jasper stone is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, a variety of Chalcedony. Its chemical formula is SiO2 with a hexagonal crystal system. Some of these stones do not share the chemical structure of Jasper but are still given its name which is French for “spotted stone”. There are many types of Jasper, lets go over some of the varieties of this grounding stone.

Use this guide on the many forms of the Jasper Stone to help indicate what’s tugging on your spirit and which Jasper variety would be your best ally.

Ocean Jasper: Freedom of Expression

This rare Jasper is filled with Oceanic blues, greens, and browns, and evokes your inner tidal waves. The Sea listens to no one, it ebbs, flows, and storms at will. Use Ocean Jasper benefits to unleash your true essence. Working with the Heart and Throat chakra, Ocean Jasper helps you say what you mean and mean what you say. These crystal benefits allow you to show up to your life fully and authentically.

Polychrome (Desert) Jasper: Balance and Harmony

Polychrome benefits help you embody your emotions and restore harmony from the inside out. Its Earthy tones reflect its grounding nature and remind you to get out of your head and into the beauty surrounding you. Use Polychrome Jasper benefits to adapt to your environment while remaining centered in your true essence.

Bumblebee Jasper: Ground and Stabilize

Bumblebee Stone isn’t actually Jasper, but the name stuck due to its appearance. It does contain sulfur and arsenic (giving it a stunning appearance), so it's a good stone to have on display but not necessarily to wear or touch. Bumblebee Jasper is referred to as the other Hematite, offering stable, grounding energy. Use Bumblebee Jasper when making hard decisions or when finding clarity to do what’s true and right for you.

As a Solar Plexus Chakra healing crystal, Bumblebee Jasper promotes personal power, confidence, self-respect, and a positive outlook.

Red Jasper: Strength and Stamina

Ranging from deep red to burnt orange color, Red Jasper is an energetic stone that invigorates its user. Red Jasper benefits are especially good for healing a root chakra imbalance. This healing crystal is especially powerful for chronic fear, insecurity, and anxiety sufferers and works by nurturing your sense of inner strength and safety. 

Also known as the warrior stone, Red Jasper is great to have on hand when the going get’s tough. This crystal can be used to gather every bit of physical and emotional stamina you have to keep pressing forward despite external influences.

Unakite Jasper: Nurture and Abundance 

Unakite Jasper is speckled with soft pinks and greens, maintains gentle feminine energy and strong healing power. This healing crystal is great to have on hand when breaking down limiting belief systems or habits that hold you back from your potential. It can also be used to reduce self-sabotage and heal old wounds stemming from self-doubt and insecurity.

Kambaba Jasper: Comfort and Calm

Rise to the calling of your ancestors with the ancient Kambaba Jasper. This stone helps connect you to the versions of you that span time and space. Use this crystal to feel supported and aligned with your powerful lineage. In your day-to-day practice, Kambaba Jasper is great at soothing an overworked mind, releasing tension, and inspiring deep belly breaths to soothe your nervous system.

This healing crystal works best with the heart chakra to help let go of old pain and believe in love again, especially self-love.

Mookaite Jasper: Surrender and Self-Trust

Another Jasper that resonates with the Root Chakra, Mookaite Jasper encourages trust in the Universe, life, and yourself. Mookaite Jasper benefits are best experienced when you are taking charge of your life or starting over. This spiritual stone brings out your inner leader who is resourceful and guided by intelligence and intuition. 

Mookaite invites relaxed energy, allowing you to go with the flow and roll with the punches. Use this crystal when times are particularly stressful and you feel the need to control everything, but naturally, you cannot. Jasper is a friendly reminder that you don’t have to.

Picasso Jasper: Optimism and Expansion

Picasso Jasper is a happiness stone used to attract and manifest joy. This crystal is best kept in a social area to help penetrate the environment that holds many different energies and moods. Picasso Jasper benefits creatives when they experience a mental block. Keep this stunning stone on your desk or work area to inspire solutions, ideas, and progress.

How to Use Jasper Crystals

Use Jasper Crystals by keeping them out in plain sight, worn as Jasper jewelry, held during meditation, or as a muse for journaling. You may also lay your healing stones along your chakras for balancing or reiki treatment.

Jasper Crystal Affirmations

Life happens For me, not To me

I am divinely guided and protected

I stand in my limitless power

I am more than a body. I am an infinite spirit

I contain the wisdom of my ancestors

I am grounded through to the core of the Earth. My groundedness is unphased by external happenings

Universal energy will always provide for me

All answers come from within

I am aligned with my higher purpose

I invite all opportunities to be fulfilled and happy

I surrender to life and trust that all works out in my favor