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I-Yellow Jasper iyitshe elikhanyayo nelinesibindi elithathe ukunaka kwabantu amakhulu eminyaka. Njengoba linemibala egqamile ephuzi, ewolintshi, nebomvu, akumangalisi ukuthi leli tshe eliyigugu liye laziswa ngobuhle balo nezici zokuphulukisa. Kodwa yini ijaspi eliphuzi, futhi livelaphi? Kulokhu okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi, sizohlola umlando we-geologic wejaspi ephuzi, okuhlanganisa nayo ukuqeqeshwa, izakhiwo, nezenzakalo.
Ijaspi eliphuzi izinhlobonhlobo ze-chalcedony, uhlobo lwe asebenza ngebhethri eyaziwa ngesakhiwo sayo se-microcrystalline kanye ne-waxy luster. I-Chalcedony iyisici esivamile sezinhlobo eziningi zamatshe ahlukene, okuhlanganisa amatshe e-sedimentary, metamorphic, nama-igneous rocks. I-jasper ephuzi, ikakhulukazi, itholakala emadwaleni e-sedimentary, njengamatshe esihlabathi nama-shales.
Ukwakheka kwejaspi ephuzi kuyinqubo eyinkimbinkimbi ebandakanya ukuna koketshezi olunothe nge-silica ngaphakathi kwamadwala ayizinsika. Lolu ketshezi lungavela emithonjeni ehlukahlukene, kuhlanganise nomlotha wentaba-mlilo neziphethu ezishisayo. Njengoba uketshezi luphola futhi luqina, luqala ukwakha izakhiwo ezicwebezelayo, ezigcina zikhule zibe amatshe ayigugu esiwazi ngokuthi ijaspi eliphuzi.
Ijaspi ephuzi yaziwa ngemibala yayo egqamile futhi egqamile, ebangelwa ukuba khona kwe-iron oxide (hematite) ngaphakathi kwetshe eliyigugu. Inani nokusatshalaliswa kwe-hematite ngaphakathi kwetshe eliyigugu kungahluka, okuholela ezinhlobonhlobo zemibala ukusuka kokuphuzi okuphaphathekile ukuya kuwolintshi ojulile nokubomvu. Ijaspi ephuzi nayo yaziwa ngebhande layo or amaphethini anemigqa, adalwe ngokuhlukahluka kokuhlushwa kwe-hematite ngaphakathi kwetshe eliyigugu.
I-jasper ephuzi itholakala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele, kuhlanganise ne- I-united states, Brazil, India, kanye ne China. E-United States, i-jasper ephuzi ivame ukutholakala eNingizimu-ntshonalanga, lapho ivame ukumbiwa ukuze isetshenziswe ebucwebeni nakwezinye izinto zokuhlobisa. EBrazil, ijaspi eliphuzi livame ukutholakala ngendlela ye agathe, uhlobo lwe-chalcedony olunamaphethini anebhande.
Ngaphezu kobuhle bayo, ijaspi ephuzi nayo iyaziswa ngenxa yezakhiwo zayo zokuphulukisa. Abantu abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi i-jasper ephuzi inamandla okukhuthaza ukuphulukiswa ngokomzimba nangokomzwelo, kanye nokwandisa amandla nobungqabavu. Ivamise ukusetshenziswa ezenzweni zokuphulukisa ngekristalu futhi kukholakala ukuthi isiza ngezinkinga ezihlobene ne-solar plexus chakra, njengokuzethemba namandla omuntu siqu.
Sengiphetha, i-jasper ephuzi iyitshe eliyigugu elikhanyayo nelinesibindi elinomlando we-geologic othakazelisayo. Kusukela ekwakhekeni kwayo emadwaleni e-sedimentary kuya kumbala wayo ogqamile kanye nezindawo zokuphulukisa, i-jasper ephuzi iyitshe eliyigugu eliqhubeka nokuheha abantu emhlabeni jikelele. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukhangwa ubuhle bayo noma izici zayo zokuphulukisa, i-jasper ephuzi iyitshe eliyigugu elizokwenza kukhanye noma yiliphi iqoqo.