Schlangen-Jaspis

English translation: snakeskin jasper

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German term or phrase:Schlangen-Jaspis
English translation:snakeskin jasper
Entered by: Wendy Streitparth

13:58 Jan 16, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Mining & Minerals / Gems
German term or phrase: Schlangen-Jaspis
This appears in a product description. It refers to the stone in a necklace chain.

This is what the necklace looks like: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/images/B0055O03US/ref=dp_ima...
Hannah Keet
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:57
snakeskin jasper
Explanation:
http://www.shopgemstones.com/jasper.html

http://www.crystalsrocksandgems.com/Healing_Crystals/Jasper/...

http://cherrytreebeads.com/products.php?cat=Snakeskin Jasper

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Oh goodness. Sorry Alison, your discussion entry did not appear when I was making my post.
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 05:57
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1snake jaspers
Sarah Bessioud
3 +2snakeskin jasper
Wendy Streitparth
2 +1jasper necklace
Cilian O'Tuama
Summary of reference entries provided
Schlangenjaspis
Coqueiro

Discussion entries: 2





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
snake jaspers


Explanation:
For example: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/seabreezejewels...

Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Coqueiro: http://www.krantz-online.de/en/online_shop/products/16.html
4 mins
  -> Thanks Coqueiro
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
jasper necklace


Explanation:
is that not all it is?

Look at the second (and third) Ansicht in your link.

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: That's how I see it too. Schlange = strand, oder so.
12 mins
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
snakeskin jasper


Explanation:
http://www.shopgemstones.com/jasper.html

http://www.crystalsrocksandgems.com/Healing_Crystals/Jasper/...

http://cherrytreebeads.com/products.php?cat=Snakeskin Jasper

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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-01-16 20:42:43 GMT)
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Oh goodness. Sorry Alison, your discussion entry did not appear when I was making my post.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alison MacG: No problem, Wendy!
15 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Alison!

agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
31 days
  -> Thanks Harald - had forgotten this was still open.
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Reference comments


49 mins
Reference: Schlangenjaspis

Reference information:
or snake jaspers: Kind of an "esoteric trade name" which refers to the texture of (small) polished pieces of silicified mudstone rich in (small) seashells and other (micro-)fossils (and not to the shape of a necklace).

http://www.kehuna.at/Trommelsteine/Schlangen-Jaspis-fossile-...
http://www.homeopathswithoutborders.gr/index.php?option=com_...

Coqueiro
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 38
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