Prosopite Gemstone: Nneɛma, Nkyerɛase, Botae & Nea Ɛkeka Ho

Prosopite yɛ ade a ɛho yɛ na kakra a wɔtaa hu wɔ topaz ho sɛ ahwehwɛ fitaa nketewa. N’abakɔsɛm trɛw kɔ 1800 mfe no mu, nanso wonnim no yiye wɔ collector’s circles akyi

Nanso, prosopite soronko bi a wohu wɔ Mexico nkutoo no ama aboɔden abo no akɔ soro : robin ɛmo bruu fɛfɛ bi a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ ma cabochons sɛ wobekura anaasɛ wɔde si Tiffany-esque agude mu.

We’ve been in the gem industry for decades now , enti yɛn ani sɔ obi a ɔyɛ underdog te sɛ prosopite. Yɛn ani agye sɛ yɛbɛkyɛ prosopite agyapadeɛ, abakɔsɛm, boɔ a ɛsom, ne mfasoɔ nyinaa sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wobɛtumi akyerɛ ho anisɔ saa ara!

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: Prosopite bruu a wɔayɛ no ahwehwɛ a ɛnyɛ den a efi Mexico | Mfonini no fi: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Dɛn Ne Prosopite Ɔbo?

Prosopite (wɔbɔ no PRAW-soh-pyte) yɛ aboɔden abo a ɛho yɛ na a ne bo yɛ fã bi a wɔtaa hu sɛ ahwehwɛ a enni kɔla anaa fitaa. Nanso wɔn a wɔwɔ aboɔden abo wiase no nim prosopite wɔ ne robin ɛmo bruu kɔla a ɛntaa nsi no ho.

Sɛ wohwɛ a, prosopite yɛ chameleon kakra, na ɛne mineral afoforo di afra. Ɛnyɛ den sɛ wobedi mfomso aka sɛ blue prosopite titiriw yɛ turquoise .

Sɛ́ turquoise simulant , wobetumi de prosopite adi dwuma sɛ December awobo , Sagittarius zodiac ɔbo a ɛyɛ anigye, ne ayeforohyia afe a ɛto so 11 abohene.

Prosopite Nkyerɛkyerɛmu & Su ahorow

Sɛ́ alumino-fluoride a ɛyɛ calcium no, wɔakyerɛw prosopite aduru no wɔ aban kwan so sɛ CaAl2F4(OH)4 sɛnea Amanaman Ntam Aboɔdenfo Fekuw (IMA) kyerɛ no. mineralogists afoforo kyerɛw formula no sɛ CaAl2(F,OH)8 anaa mpo CaAl2F4[(OH)4-xFx] a x betumi ayɛ 0.0 kosi 1.0.

Prosopite bruu a efi Mexico nya ne kɔla fi kɔbere mu; nokwarem no, mpɛn pii no, kɔbere a ɛwɔ Mexico prosopites mu no yɛ ɔha biara mu nkyem 1.4.

Sɛ ɛba suban ahorow so a, prosopite ahwehwɛ taa yɛ nketewa na ɛyɛ tabular anaa prismatic. Mpɛn pii no, wohu sɛ aboɔden abo no yɛ granular kosi powdery masses.

Prosopite no aniwa su yɛ biaxial (+).

Prosopite ahoɔden ahorow a wɔahyehyɛ no nyinaa ni:

• Mohs denden : 4.5

• Kɔla : Enni kɔla, fitaa, fitaa, ahabammono-fitaa, turquoise-blue, ɛntaa nyɛ kɔkɔɔ-fitaa

• Ahwehwɛ nhyehyɛe : Monoclinic

• Luster : Vitreous anaasɛ ɛyɛ dull

• Transparency : Transparent to opaque (ɛtaa fi ase transparent & ɛbɛyɛ translucent kɛse bere a wɔda no adi)

• Nneɛma a ɛma nneɛma yɛ hyew : 1.501-1.510

• Density : 2.88-2.894 anaa 2.69-2.85 ma Mexico prosopite

• Cleavage : Pɛpɛɛpɛ 1-kwankyerɛ wɔ {111} ma crystals; Biara nni hɔ mma nnipadɔm

• Fracture : Conchoidal anaasɛ ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ/ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ

• Streak : Ɛyɛ fitaa

• Luminescence : Fluorescence taa ba, titiriw wɔ Greenland nhwɛsode ahorow mu - Blue, bluish-white, violet, anaa violet-blue wɔ LW-UV & bluish-white, bruu, anaa orange-yellow wɔ SW-UV mu

• Pleochroism : Biara nni hɔ

• Nsonsonoe abien : 0.009-0.010

• Apete : Biara nni hɔ

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Prosopite vs Turquoise a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ mu

Sɛnea yɛadi kan aka no, sɛ wohwɛ a, sɛ wohwɛ prosopite bruu ne turquoise a, ɛte sɛ nea ɛte saa ara. Wɔn kɔla te saa ara, ne wɔn densities ne hardness levels.

Nsonsonoe titiriw biako ne refractive index no. Prosopite (1.501-1.510) no refractive indices no sua koraa sen turquoise RI gyinapɛn ahorow (1.590-1.650). Sɛ wowɔ refractometer , wubetumi ahu nsonsonoe no wɔ ntɛm ara mu.

Bio nso, turquoise abu so kɛse, enti ɛda adi sɛ wubehu turquoise sen prosopite.

Prosopite Abakɔsɛm

Ansa na wɔrehu prosopite wɔ aban kwan so no, Germanfo asase ho animdefo Johann F. W. von Charpentier ne Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (AKA August Breithaupt) kaa aboɔden abo a ɛbɛyɛ sɛ na ɛyɛ prosopite wɔ 1799 ne 1815 mu ho asɛm.

Nea ɛda nsow ne sɛ, Charpentier de edin Speckstein a ɛkyerɛ “samina bo” (akyiri yi wɔde dii dwuma maa talc ahorow steatite) dii dwuma maa aboɔden abo no.

German mineralogist & geologist Karl Johann August Theodor Scheerer (AKA Theodor Scheerer) kyerɛw amanneɛbɔ a edi kan a aban de ma wɔ prosopite ho wɔ 1853 mu a egyina soapstone pseudomorph nhwɛsode ahorow a efi tin a wotu wɔ Altenberg wɔ Saxony, Germany — mprempren mineral’s type locality.

Bere a Scheerer sɔɔ hwɛe na ɔyɛɛ mu nhwehwɛmu kakra akyi no, ɔdaa no adi sɛ prosopite yɛ aboɔden abo foforo.

Scheerer kae sɛ ebia wɔtaa kata ne hwɛbea so, titiriw no, wɔde aboɔden abo te sɛ samina abo. Enti, ɔpaw edin “prosopite” (a wɔkyerɛw no sɛ Prosopit wɔ Scheerer kurom German kasa mu) fii Hela asɛmfua prosōpon a ɛkyerɛ “akataso” mu.

Prosopite Nneɛma a Ɛma Ayaresa

Wunim nkyerɛase a ɛwɔ prosopite ntease akyi, nanso ebia wunnim sɛ ɛbata ɔbo no honhom fam ntease nso ho. Asɛmfua prosopon Hela ntini no kyerɛ ase sɛ “akataso” anaa “anim,” a wɔde dii dwuma wɔ tete Hela agoruhwɛbea ahorow mu de da nnipa ahorow adi kyerɛ atiefo no.

Wɔde asɛmfua “prosopon” di dwuma kɛse wɔ Kristosom nyamekyerɛ akuw mu nnɛ. Nanso “prosopon” (ne prosopite) no san fa adwene a ɛne sɛ wobɛka wo ho nkyerɛase ahorow abom na woahu wo ho afã horow a ɛsɛ sɛ wotrɛw kɔ wiase no mu no ho.

Wɔ saa honhom mu nsɛm no so no, momma yɛnhwɛ sɛnea ahwehwɛ ayaresafo de prosopite honhom fam mfaso horow di dwuma.

Nipadua mu Ayaresa

Crystal ayaresafo kamfo aboɔden abo a ɛyɛ bruu te sɛ prosopite kyerɛ sɛ wɔmfa sa nipadua mu nyarewa a ɛfa:

• Aduannuru a wɔtwetwe

• Krak a ɛyɛ mmerɛw

• Ahome a wɔhome

• Nkwammoaa a ɛko tia nyarewa

• Mogya a ɛkɔ nipadua no mu

Nkate mu Ayaresa

Wɔ nkate fam no, wɔka sɛ sɛ wɔde prosopite di dwuma sɛ ɔbo a wɔde sa yare a:

• Ɔbrɛ a ɛba fam

• Yi dadwen fi hɔ

• Ma nkate mu kari pɛ nkɔ anim

• Hyɛ nkate kɛse ho nkuran

• Ma nkitahodi a ahoɔden wom nyɛ mmerɛw

Chakra Ayaresa

Chakra ayaresa yɛ ɔkwan a wɔfa so bue ahoɔden mmeae a wɔasiw ano (chakras) de kari pɛ ba wo honhom, honam fam, ne nkate mu nipasu mu. Wɔtaa de ahwehwɛ bruu di dwuma ma menewa mu chakra, nanso sɛnea prosopite te sɛ turquoise no ma ɛyɛ koma chakra ɔbo a eye kyɛn so .

Koma chakra no na ɛkyerɛ ɔdɔ, gye a wogye tom, ne tema. Nneɛma a wɔasiw ano betumi ama yɛate nka sɛ ɔtan yɛn ho, anibiannaso, anaasɛ ɔtwe ne ho fi adɔfo ho. Sɛ wode ahwehwɛ te sɛ prosopite bue koma chakra no a, ɛto nsa frɛ sɛ wogye asetra mu nkɔanim ne nkɔanim tom kɛse ka ɔdɔ a wobue ano ho.

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ: Lavender prosopite a amazonite a ɛyɛ ahabammono wɔ n’afã biako ne ralstonite & tomsenolite wɔ n’afã foforo, a wohu wɔ Virginia (USA) | Mfonini no fi: Mark Joseph Wylie, Ɔmanfo de

Prosopite Aboɔden abo Nneɛma a Ɛwɔ Hɔ

Wɔ nneɛma a ɛyɛ aboɔden abo a ɛho yɛ na akyi no, prosopite bo nso gyina ne kɔla, ne twitwa, sɛnea emu da hɔ, sɛnea ɛda adi pefee, ne ne mu duru a ɛyɛ carat so.

Ahosuo

Mpɛn pii no, wohu prosopite sɛ nea enni kɔla, ɛyɛ fitaa, anaasɛ ɛyɛ fitaa a ɛyɛ mmerɛw. Prosopite nhwɛsode ahorow a ɛyɛ anigye no wɔ nneɛma afoforo a wɔde di agoru te sɛ kɔbere a ɛtɔ mmere bi a ɛma bruu, bruu a ɛyɛ ahabammono, ne kɔkɔɔ a ɛyɛ mmerɛw mpo a wɔntaa nhu.

Prosopite kɔla a eye sen biara ne medium robin’s egg blue a ɛyɛ pɛ wɔ ɔbo no atifi a enni nneɛma a wɔde ka ho a wotumi hu. Mprempren wohu eyinom wɔ Mexico nkutoo.

Twa

Nneɛma a wotumi twa ho yɛ na, na dodow no ara fata prosopite cabochons nkutoo . Nanso, cabochons a wɔatwitwa no yiye a wɔde kɔla pa ayɛ no betumi ayɛ nea ɛsom bo kɛse. Faceted prosopite ho yɛ na koraa, mpɛn pii no ɛyɛ fã bi a ɛyɛ hann, ɛyɛ fitaa, na wɔatwitwa no ayɛ no ɔpepepem, ahinanan, lozenge, anaa ahinanan .

Wubetumi nso ahu prosopite a ɛyɛ den (wɔntwitwaa) a wɔtɔn.

Nsɛm a ɛda adi pefee & Nsɛm a ɛda adi pefee

Te sɛ aboɔden abo biara no, nneɛma a wɔde ka prosopite ho no betumi aka sɛnea emu da hɔ na ɛda adi pefee no wɔ ɔkwan a enye so. Mpɛn pii no, nneɛma a wɔde ka ho a wotumi hu kɛse kyerɛ sɛ ɛsom bo a ɛba fam, ɛwom sɛ ebia faceted prosopite aboɔden abo a wɔde ka ho a wotumi hu da so ara kura bo a ɛkorɔn a egyina nea ɛntaa nsi so de.

Mpɛn pii no, prosopite kura matrix inclusions a ɛfa minerals anaa abotan a ɛne no nyin no ho. Saa matrix a wɔde ka ho yi betumi ayɛ nsusuwii ahorow te sɛ akɔre nhama mpo.

Ɛtɔ da bi a wohu prosopite sɛ nea ɛka ho, nso.

Sɛ nhwɛso no, Gemological Institute of America (GIA) kae wɔ wɔn Fall 2021 edition of Gems & Gemology mu sɛ growth tube a wɔde ka ho no “betumi ayɛ epigenetic minerals a wɔde ahyɛ mu te sɛ limonite, cookeite, hematite, prosopite , ne tourmaline.”

Carat Mu duru & Ne Kɛse

Prosopite nneɛma a ɛte sɛ aboɔden abo ho yɛ na, titiriw ahwehwɛ a ɛwɔ anim. Faceted prosopite aboɔden abo bere nyinaa wɔ 3 carats ase, mpɛn pii no bɛyɛ 1 carat. Prosopite cabochons betumi ayɛ akɛse kakra, efi bɛyɛ carat 4 kosi 15 nanso mpɛn pii no ɛbɛyɛ carat 5.

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ: Prosopite ahwehwɛ fitaa kosi lavender a ɛwɔ abon kɔkɔɔ a wonnim | Mfonini no fi J. Patrick Fischer, CC-BY-SA-4.0

Prosopite a Wɔhyehyɛ & Nneɛma a Efi Hɔ

Ebia prosopite befi ase sɛ aboɔden abo foforo. Mpɛn pii no, aboɔden abo te sɛ topaz bɛsakra afi asase ase nsu a ɛyɛ hyew a ɛde fluorine ne aluminium a wɔapete kɔ mu no mu. Nneɛma a ɛwɔ saa nsu yi mu (ne sodium a ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw) betumi asi topaz no ahwehwɛ nhyehyɛe ananmu ɛwom sɛ akyi no hwɛ yɛ pɛ de — pseudomorph.

Nanso, nsu a ɛyɛ hyew a saa nneɛma no wom nso betumi akɔtra abotan mu na ayɛ nwini, na ama prosopite atɔ tẽẽ denam nsu mu hyew titiriw a ɛba so.

Wɔn a wotu fam no hu prosopite wɔ tin ntini, carbonatites, greisens, granite pegmatites, ne granite a fluorine pii wom mu.

Aboɔden abo a wɔtaa de bata prosopite ho no bi ne:

• Fluorite a wɔde yɛ adwuma

• Hematite a ɛwɔ nipadua no mu

• Kaolinite a wɔde yɛ adwuma

• Siderite a wɔde di dwuma

• Cryolite a wɔde yɛ nneɛma

• Topaz a wɔde yɛ nneɛma

• Thomsenolite a wɔde yɛ nneɛma

• Quartz a wɔfrɛ no Quartz

• Gearksutite a wɔde yɛ nneɛma

• Amazonfo a wɔyɛ adwuma wɔ hɔ

• Azurite a wɔde yɛ nneɛma

• Weberite na ɔkyerɛwee

• Pachnolite a wɔfrɛ no Pachnolite

• Elpasolite a wɔde yɛ aduru

• Ralstonite a wɔde yɛ adwuma

Mmeae a Wɔtu Tuo

Prosopite a ɛyɛ fɛ a ɛyɛ turquoise-blue fibea a eye sen biara ne Santa Rosa, Mexico. Wobetumi ahu nneɛma a wɔde facetable nso wɔ Greenland ne Colorado (U.S.A.).

Nneɛma afoforo a wonya fi prosopite ahwehwɛ a ɛyɛ fɛ no bi ne:

• Australia (Tasmania) .

• Germany

• Namibia na ɛwɔ hɔ

• U.S.A. (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) .

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ: Lavender prosopite a ɛwɔ amazonite bruu-ahabammono ne tantalite tuntum-(Mn) wɔ gearksutite fitaa so | Mfonini no fi: Mark Joseph Wylie, Ɔmanfo de

Prosopite Bo & Ne Bo

Ebia ɛnyɛ nwonwa sɛ prosopite aboɔden abo a wɔatwitwa — faceted anaa cut en cabochon — ne ɔkwan a ne bo yɛ den sen biara. Nanso wɔn bo yɛ den sen sɛnea ebia wubesusuw.

Prosopite aboɔden abo a ɛwɔ afã horow no fi bɛyɛ dɔla 20 kosi dɔla 40 wɔ carat biara mu anaasɛ ne nyinaa yɛ bɛyɛ dɔla 25 kosi dɔla 50.

Wubetumi anya prosopite cabochons bruu a ɛyɛ fɛ a ne bo bɛyɛ dɔla 15 kosi 25 wɔ carat biara mu anaasɛ ne nyinaa yɛ dɔla 85 kosi 200.

Prosopite abo a ɛyɛ den no bo yɛ den kakra, efi ase bɛyɛ dɔla 10 na ɛkɔ soro bɛyɛ dɔla 250.

Prosopite Hwɛ ne Nsiesiei

Nea edi kan no, ɛho hia sɛ wuhu sɛ alumino-fluoride minerals te sɛ prosopite betumi de asiane aba sɛ wɔmene anaasɛ wɔwe a. Ɛho hia sɛ wode prosopite a wɔkora so dwoodwoo no fi afieboa anaa mmofra a ebia wɔde bɛhyɛ wɔn anom no nkyɛn.

To keep the gem safe , bere nyinaa paw ahobammɔ nhyehyɛe ma prosopite nkaa na nhyɛ prosopite agude da biara da.

Esiane sɛ ɔbo no ntumi nyɛ den pii, ɛpaapae pɛpɛɛpɛ, na ɛyɛ mmerɛw sɛ wɔde nneɛma pii bɛka ho nti, ɛho hia sɛ wohwɛ yiye wɔ prosopite ho dwuma. Fa brɔs anaa ntama a ɛyɛ mmerɛw, samina a ɛnyɛ den, ne nsu a ɛyɛ hyew nkutoo hohoro ho — ɛnyɛ mfiri nhyehyɛe.

Nsɛm a Wɔtaa Bisa

Dɛn ne prosopite?

Prosopite yɛ calcium aluminium fluoride mineral a wɔtaa hu sɛ ahwehwɛ nketewa a enni kɔla nanso wɔdɔ no wɔ aboɔden abo wiase no mu wɔ ne robin’s egg blue cabochon a ɛntaa nsi no mu.

So prosopite yɛ ɔbo pa a wɔde yɛ agude?

Wɔ agude bi ho no, yiw. Prosopite ntumi nnyina akuturuku a ano yɛ nnam ne nsensanee ano, enti pendants anaa brooches ye sen biara. Ɛsɛ sɛ prosopite nkaa anaa nkapo no nya nneɛma a ɛbɔ ho ban na wɔde sie sɛ wɔmfa nhyɛ bere ne bere mu.

Wobɛyɛ dɛn ahu prosopite a ɛda nsow wɔ turquoise ho?

Wubetumi de refractometer adi dwuma de ahu prosopite bruu sɛ ɛda nsow wɔ turquoise ho, efisɛ prosopite wɔ refractive index a ɛba fam (1.501-1.510) sen turquoise (1.590-1.650).

So prosopite ho yɛ na?

Aane. Prosopite minerals ho yɛ na koraa, na nneɛma a ɛte sɛ aboɔden abo ho yɛ na titiriw, titiriw wɔ nea ɛkorɔn anaa akɛse mu.

Ɛhe na prosopite fi?

Nneɛma bruu a eye sen biara a wɔde yɛ cabochons no fi Mexico. Greenland ne Colorado nso yɛ mmeae a ɛho hia a wonya prosopite ahwehwɛ a ɛwɔ anim a enni kɔla.

Woasiesie wo ho sɛ wode Prosopite bedi yiye?

Prosopite yɛ ahwehwɛ a wonnim no kɛse nanso ɛyɛ fɛ a ɛwɔ abusuabɔ wɔ nsasepɔn ahorow ne honhom mu nsusuwii ahorow so. Sɛ́ ɛyɛ prosopite abohene fitaa a ɛwɔ afã horow anaasɛ prosopite cabochon bruu a ɛyɛ nwonwa no, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ prosopite fata baabi wɔ wo nneɛma a woaboaboa ano no mu.

Kɔtɔ prosopite ne aboɔden abo afoforo a ɛyɛ fɛ nnɛ!