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ʻO Jasper kahi ʻano pōhaku pōhaku i haku ʻia me ka microcrystalline quartz a ua kaulana no kona nani a me na ano like ole. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i ka hana ʻia ʻana o ka jasper, me nā minerala like ʻole a me nā haumia e hoʻopili ana i ke kala a me ka hoʻolālā o ka huahana hope.
Mai kahi hiʻohiʻona honua, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka jasper ma ke ʻano he pōhaku sedimentary, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hana ʻana mai ka sediment i waiho ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka manawa. Loaʻa pinepine ia i loko o nā kīʻaha sedimentary a hana ʻia ma ke kaʻina hana o ka silicification, kahi e komo ai nā wai waiwai silica ma o ka sediment a hoʻololi i ka mea kumu me ka quartz.
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi loa o iasepi ka laulā o nā kala a me nā hiʻohiʻona hiki iā ia ke hōʻike. Paʻa ka waihoʻoluʻu o kekahi mau pōhaku iasepi, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he paʻa paʻakikī or ʻano ʻōniʻoniʻo. ʻO nā kala like ʻole o ka iasepi ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā minerala like ʻole a me nā haumia, e like me ka hao a i ʻole ka pālolo.
Ma ke ʻano o ka mineralogy, ua manaʻo ʻia ka jasper he ʻano quartz a ua hana ʻia me nā kristal quartz liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. Hāʻawi kēia mau kristal i ka jasper i kona paʻakikī a paʻa, e lilo ia i koho kaulana no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea nani a me nā mea hoʻonaninani.
Ua mahalo ʻia ʻo Jasper e nā kānaka no nā kaukani makahiki, me nā hōʻike o kona hoʻohana ʻana mai ka wā kahiko. Ua hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole, e like me ka pōhaku makamae, kahi mea hoʻonaninani, a me kahi mea hana. I kēia lā, hoʻomau ka jasper i kahi koho kaulana no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea nani a me nā mea hoʻonaninani, a makemake nui ʻia e nā ʻohi a me nā mea hoihoi.
I ka hopena, he pōhaku makamae hoihoi ka jasper i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke kaʻina hana silicification a ʻike ʻia e kona nani a me nā ʻano like ʻole. Mai kahi hiʻohiʻona geology, he pōhaku sedimentary i haku ʻia me ka quartz microcrystalline a ʻike ʻia no kona lōʻihi a me ka versatility. Inā he mineralogist ʻoe a i ʻole he mea mahalo i ka nani o nā mea kūlohelohe, ʻo iasepi kahi pōhaku makamae kūpono e ʻimi.