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I-Sunstone iyitshe eliyigugu elihle nelihehayo osekunesikhathi laziswa ngenxa yemibala yalo ecwebezelayo, evuthayo ewolintshi. Kodwa ngaphezu kwenani lalo lokuhlobisa, i-sunstone nayo iyiminerali ethakazelisayo enomlando oyinkimbinkimbi futhi othakazelisayo we-geological. Kulo mbhalo webhulogi, sizohlola umsuka wokwakheka komhlaba kanye nezici ze-sunstone, sihlola i-mineralogy yalo, ukuvela kwemvelo, nezinye izici ezithakazelisayo zaleli tshe eliyigugu eliyingqayizivele.
I-Sunstone iyinhlobonhlobo ye-feldspar, iqembu lamaminerali e-silicate avamile ezinhlotsheni eziningi zamadwala. Ngokukhethekile izinhlobonhlobo ze-plagioclase feldspar, ebonakala nge-triclinic yayo isakhiwo sekristalu nokubukeka okunombala ombaxambili. I-Sunstone yaziwa ngomphumela wayo ocwazimulayo, okubangelwa ukuba khona kwama-flakes amancane ithusi or i-hematite ngaphakathi kwekristalu. Lo mphumela ocwazimulayo waziwa ngokuthi “i-aventurescence,” futhi wenza itshe lelanga libe nombala walo ohlukile, osawolintshi ovuthayo.
I-Sunstone itholakala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele, kodwa ezinye zediphozithi ezaziwa kakhulu zitholakala e-Oregon, USA. E-Oregon, i-sunstone imbiwa ohlotsheni lwedwala elibizwa nge-basalt, elakhiwe ngodaka olupholile. Amakristalu e-sunstone atholakala ngaphakathi kwe-basalt, futhi avame ukuhambisana namanye amaminerali afana ne-mica kanye asebenza ngebhethri.
I-Sunstone iyitshe eliyigugu elihlala isikhathi eside futhi eliqinile, elinokuqina kwe-6-6.5 esikalini se-Mohs. Iyakwazi ukumelana nokuklwebheka nokugqokwa, okwenza kube ukukhetha okudumile ukuze kusetshenziswe ubucwebe. Ngaphezu kokubaluleka kwayo kokuhlobisa, i-sunstone iphinde yaziswa ngezindawo zayo zokuphulukisa futhi isetshenziswe emithini yendabuko ehlukahlukene. Abanye abantu bakholelwa ukuthi i-sunstone inamandla okuvuselela ama-chakras futhi ilethe umuzwa wokuchichima nokuchuma.
I-Sunstone itholakala ngemibala ehlukahlukene, kusukela kuwolintshi ophaphathekile kuye kobomvu ngokujulile. Umbala we-sunstone unqunywa ukuba khona kokungcola ngaphakathi kwekristalu. Isibonelo, i-sunstone enombala obomvu ojulile ingase ibe namazinga aphezulu e-iron oxide, kuyilapho ilitshe lelanga eliwolintshi eliphaphathekile lingase libe namazinga aphansi okungcola.
Ngaphezu kobuhle bayo kanye nokusetshenziswa kwayo okungokoqobo, i-sunstone nayo ibe yindaba yezinganekwane nezinsumansumane ezinhlobonhlobo kuwo wonke umlando. Kwamanye amasiko asendulo, i-sunstone kwakukholelwa ukuthi inamandla okuletha inhlanhla nokuchuma kulabo abanalo. Kwamanye, kukholakala ukuthi inamandla okuvikela abahambi ekulimaleni nokubaletha ekhaya ngokuphepha.
Naphezu kwezici zayo eziningi ezithakazelisayo, i-sunstone iseyitshe eliyigugu elingaziwa uma liqhathaniswa nezinhlobo ezidume kakhulu ezifana namadayimane noma ama-emeralds. Kodwa-ke, ubuhle bayo obuyingqayizivele kanye nomlando othakazelisayo wokwakheka komhlaba kuyenza ibe imineral okufanele ihlolwe nokufunda kabanzi ngayo. Noma ngabe ungumthandi wokwakheka komhlaba noma ujabulela nje ubuhle bamatshe ayigugu, i-sunstone iyiminerali eqinisekile ukuthi izoheha futhi ikhuthaze.