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I-Emerald iyitshe eliyigugu elihle nelifunwa kakhulu, elaziwa ngombala walo oluhlaza ogqamile nokucaca okumangalisayo. Kodwa ingabe uke wema ukuze ucabangele indlela la matshe ayigugu akhiwa ngayo, futhi yini ewenza akhetheke kangaka? Kulo mbhalo webhulogi, sizocubungula izici zegeological zama-emerald, sihlole ukuthi adalwa kanjani, atholakala kuphi, nokuthi yini ewenza ahluke kangaka.
Okokuqala, ake sikhulume ngokuthi ama-emerald akhiwa kanjani. I-Emeralds iyinhlobonhlobo yamaminerali i-beryl, eyakhiwe nge-beryllium, i-aluminium, ne-silicate. I-Beryl ingaba ngemibala ehlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa okuluhlaza, okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, okupinki, nokuphuzi, kodwa ukuba khona kwe-chromium ne-vanadium okunikeza isimaragidu umbala wabo oluhlaza oyisici.
I-Emeralds yakheka ngendlela ye-metamorphic kanye ne-igneous rock formations, ngokuvamile ezindaweni ezinomfutho ophezulu kanye nezimo zokushisa eziphezulu. Zingatholakala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele, kuhlanganise neColombia, Zambia, Brazil, neMadagascar. Kodwa-ke, umthombo owaziwa kakhulu wama-emerald yiColombia, okuyikhaya lama-emerald amahle kakhulu nayigugu kakhulu emhlabeni.
Enye yezakhiwo eziyingqayizivele ze-emerald yi-inclusions yabo, or izinto zangaphandle ezivaleleka ngaphakathi kwetshe eliyigugu njengoba lakha. Lokhu kufakwa kungathatha uhlobo lokuqhekeka okuncane, amabhamuza egesi, noma amanye amaminerali. Kwezinye izimo, lezi zinto ezifakiwe zingangeza ngempela inani le-emerald, njengoba zingasetshenziswa ukukhomba imayini ethile noma indawo lapho itshe eliyigugu lakhiwe khona.
Ama-Emerald ayaziwa nangokuqina kwawo okumangalisayo nokuqina kwawo. Esikalini se-Mohs sokuqina kwamaminerali, ama-emeralds afinyelela ku-7.5-8, okuwenza abe ngelinye lamatshe ayigugu anzima kakhulu emhlabeni. Lokhu kusho ukuthi awakwazi ukuklwejwa nokuqoshwa, okuwenza abe yinketho edumile yobucwebe okuhloswe ukuthi bugqokwe nsuku zonke.
Ngaphezu kombala wawo omuhle nokuhlala isikhathi eside, ama-emerald anomlando ocebile wamasiko futhi abelokhu eyigugu amakhulu eminyaka. Abantu baseGibhithe lasendulo babekholelwa ukuthi ama-emerald ayenezakhiwo zokwelapha futhi ayevame ukuwaqopha abe ama-talisman ukuze avikele ebubini. AmaRoma nawo ayewazisa kakhulu amatshe ayigugu, futhi kuthiwa uCleopatra, indlovukazi edumile yaseGibhithe, wayeneqoqo elikhulu lala matshe ayigugu amahle.
Namuhla, ama-emerald asafunwa kakhulu, futhi angabiza inani eliphakeme emakethe. Kodwa-ke, isidingo sama-emerald siphinde saholela ezinseleleni ezithile embonini, okuhlanganisa nokukhathazeka mayelana nemikhuba yokuziphatha yezimayini kanye nokuphathwa kwabasebenzi. Kubalulekile ukucabangela lezi zinkinga lapho uthenga ama-emeralds, futhi ubheke izinketho ezimayini ngokuqhubekayo futhi ezinokuziphatha okuhle.
Sengiphetha, ama-emeralds ayitshe eliyigugu eliyingqayizivele futhi elihle ngempela, elinomlando ocebile kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezindawo ezithakazelisayo ze-geological. Kusuka kubo ukuqeqeshwa ekwakhekeni kwamatshe e-metamorphic kanye ne-igneous, ekufakweni kwawo kanye nobulukhuni obumangalisayo, kuningi ongakufunda nokwazisa mayelana nalawa matshe ayigugu amangalisayo. Noma ngabe uyisazi sokuma komhlaba esingumakadebona noma ungumuntu othanda ubucwebe obuhle, ama-emerald ayitshe eliyigugu elizoheha futhi lihehe.