a. [f. as prec. + -Y.] Of the nature of, resembling, or containing jasper.
1843. Portlock, Geol., 525. The small cavities are filled with red jaspery agate.
1882. Geikie, Text-bk. Geol., IV. VIII. § 2. 579. The calcareous and marly shales are changed into hard, almost jaspery, shales or slates.
