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ʻO ke ao hoihoi o Prehnite: He alakaʻi no nā mea kālaihonua

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Welina mai i ka honua hoihoi o prehnite! Inā he kanaka hulihonua ʻoe, e ʻike ʻoe ʻo ka prehnite he mineral silicate calcium aluminika i loaʻa pinepine i nā pōhaku metamorphic. Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia mineral ma mua o ka ʻike.

Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo Prehnite i ke kenekulia 18 e ka mea hoʻomanaʻo Dutch, ʻo Hendrik von Prehn. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma hope ona a ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "ka pōhaku o ka wānana" no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻia he mau mea pohihihi e hiki ke kōkua i ka poʻe e ʻike i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoia i kēia mau ʻōlelo, hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoia i ka prehnite he mineral nani a hoihoi nui i hāʻawi ʻia i ka honua o ka geology.

ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoihoi loa e pili ana i ka prehnite ʻo ia kona haku melemele. Hoʻokumu ʻia ia me ka calcium, aluminika, a me ka silicate, ka mea e hāʻawi iā ia i kahi hoʻonohonoho kūʻokoʻa o nā waiwai e waiwai ai ka poʻe kālaihonua. No ka laʻana, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka prehnite ma ke ʻano he mineral kuhikuhi no ka mea hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka poʻe geologists e ʻike i ke ʻano o nā minerale ʻē aʻe ma kahi wahi. No ka mea, loaʻa pinepine ka prehnite ma kahi kokoke i nā minerale ʻē aʻe, e like me quartz, feldspar, a me ka mika.

He mea nui nō hoʻi ka prehnite no ka mea hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka poʻe kālaihonua e hoʻomaopopo i ke kālaihonua o kahi wahi. Ke loaʻa ka prehnite i loko o nā pōhaku metamorphic, hiki iā ia ke hōʻike i nā loli nui o ka pōhaku ma muli o ka wela a me ke kaomi. He mea waiwai kēia ʻike no ka mea hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka poʻe kālaihonua e hoʻomaopopo i ka mōʻaukala o kahi wahi a me ke ʻano o ka loli ʻana o ka manawa.

Ma waho aʻe o kāna waiwai ʻepekema, ʻo ka prehnite kekahi mineral nani i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā mea nani a me nā mea hoʻonaninani. ʻO ka maʻamau he ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo, akā hiki ke loaʻa i nā aka melemele, keʻokeʻo, a me ka hina. ʻO kona hiʻohiʻona maʻalahi ka mea i koho nui ʻia no ka poʻe ʻohi a me ka poʻe hoihoi nā hōʻailona mineral.

I ka hopena, ʻo ka prehnite he mineral hoihoi a waiwai nui i hāʻawi ʻia i ka poʻe kālaihonua a me ka poʻe hoihoi i ka mōʻaukala a me ka honua. Inā he kanaka kālaihonua ʻoe, manaʻolana mākou ua hāʻawi kēia alakaʻi iā ʻoe i kahi ʻike maikaʻi aʻe i ke koʻikoʻi o ka prehnite a pehea e hoʻohana ai i kāu hana.

Ke 'imi 'ana i ke kumu a me nā 'ano o ka Sunstone

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He pōhaku makamae nani a hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia ʻo Sunstone no kona mau ʻalani ʻālohilohi. Akā ma waho aʻe o kona waiwai hoʻonaninani, ʻo ka sunstone kekahi mineral hoihoi me kahi moʻolelo honua paʻakikī a hoihoi. Ma kēia moʻomanaʻo moʻomanaʻo, e ʻimi mākou i ke kumu honua a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka sunstone, e ʻimi ana i kāna mineralogy, ka hanana ʻana i ke ʻano, a me nā mea hoihoi ʻē aʻe o kēia pōhaku kūʻokoʻa.

ʻO ka Sunstone kekahi ʻano feldspar, kahi hui o nā mineral silicate i maʻa mau i nā ʻano pōhaku he nui. He ʻano like ʻole ia o ka plagioclase feldspar, kahi i hōʻike ʻia e kāna triclinic hanana aniani a me ka helehelena ʻelua kala. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Sunstone no kona hopena ʻālohilohi, ka mea ma muli o ke alo o nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o keleawe or hematite i loko o ke aniani. ʻIke ʻia kēia hopena ʻālohilohi ʻo "aventurescence," a hāʻawi ia i ka sunstone i kona ʻano ʻalani ʻalani ahi.

Loaʻa ka Sunstone ma nā wahi like ʻole a puni ka honua, akā aia kekahi o nā waihona kaulana loa ma Oregon, USA. Ma Oregon, ua ʻeli ʻia ka lā mai kahi ʻano pōhaku i kapa ʻia he basalt, i hana ʻia mai ka pele i hoʻomaloʻo ʻia. Loaʻa nā kristal pōhaku lā i loko o ka basalt, a ua hui pū ʻia me nā minerale ʻē aʻe e like me ka mica a me quartz.

ʻO Sunstone he pōhaku paʻa paʻa, me ka paakiki o 6-6.5 ma ka pālākiō Mohs. He kū'ē i ka'ōpala a me kaʻaʻahu, kahi i koho nuiʻia no ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā mea nani. Ma waho aʻe o kāna waiwai hoʻonaninani, mahalo ʻia ka sunstone no kāna mau mea ho'ōla a ua hoʻohana ʻia i nā hana lapaʻau kuʻuna like ʻole. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he hiki i ka sunstone ke hoʻoulu i nā chakras a lawe mai i kahi manaʻo o ka nui a me ka pōmaikaʻi.

Loaʻa ka Sunstone ma nā ʻano kala like ʻole, mai ka ʻalani haʻalulu a i ka ʻulaʻula hohonu. Hoʻoholo ʻia ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka lā ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā haumia i loko o ka aniani. No ka laʻana, loaʻa paha i ka pōhaku lā me ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻulaʻula kiʻekiʻe ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hao oxide, ʻoiai ʻo ka pōhaku ʻalani ʻalani ke loaʻa nā pae haʻahaʻa o nā haumia.

Ma waho aʻe o kona nani a me ka hoʻohana pono ʻana, ua lilo ka sunstone i ke kumuhana o nā moʻolelo like ʻole a me nā kaʻao i ka mōʻaukala. I kekahi mau moʻomeheu kahiko, ua manaʻo ʻia ka lā ka mana e lawe mai i ka laki a me ka pōmaikaʻi i ka poʻe nona ia. I nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua manaʻo ʻia he hiki ke pale aku i ka poʻe huakaʻi mai ka pōʻino a hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi iā lākou i ka home.

ʻOiai ʻo kona mau hiʻohiʻona hoihoi, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka sunstone i nā pōhaku makamae e like me nā daimana a i ʻole emeralds. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kona nani kūʻokoʻa a me ka moʻolelo hoʻonaʻauao hoihoi e lilo ia i mineral i kūpono ke ʻimi a aʻo hou aku. Inā ʻoe he kanaka hoihoi honua a mahalo wale paha i ka nani o nā pōhaku makamae, ʻo ka sunstone he mineral ia e hoʻopio a hoʻoulu.