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单词 jasper
释义
jasper

Chemistry
  • An impure variety of chalcedony. It is associated with iron ores and as a result contains iron oxide impurities that give the mineral its characteristic red or reddish-brown colour. Jasper is used as a gemstone.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • A variety of chalcedonic (see chalcedony) silica (SiO2) which is reddish-brown, opaque, and cryptocrystalline. It may be banded to give ‘Egyptian jasper’ (‘ribbon jasper’). A contact metamorphosed (see thermal metamorphism) shale may also be baked to give ‘porcelain jasper’ which may be similar in appearance but has a different composition.


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