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

Spurrite yɛ aboɔden abo a wɔboaboa ano a wonnim no kɛse a wɔdɔ no wɔ kɔla a ɛyɛ fitaa-a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ. Ɛka abusua ketewa a ɛyɛ aboɔden abo a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ no ho na agye din kɛse fi Mexico.

Spurrite minerals ntaa mma, nanso spurrite aboɔden abo a wɔatwa no ho yɛ na yiye, ɛho yɛ na yiye bere a wɔde faceted ayɛ no. Spurrite dodow no ara a wɔatwa no yɛ cabochons anaa nhwiren mmom sen sɛ ɛbɛyɛ aboɔden abo a ɛwɔ afã horow, nanso cabochons no yɛ fɛ yiye.

Nokwarem no, Gemological Institute of America (GIA) ayɛ spurrite mu nhwehwɛmu wɔ nsɛm abiɛsa pɛ mu — wɔ afe 2001, 2004, ne 2019 mu — na nhwɛsode no yɛ nhwiren, rough a wɔayɛ no fɛfɛɛfɛ asinasin, ne cabochon.

Ɛnnɛ, yɛbɛbubu biribiara a ɛsɛ sɛ wuhu fa spurrite aboɔden abo ho!

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: Purple spurrite nhwɛsode a efi Japan | Mfonini no fi: D. Nishio-Hamane, Flickr , CC-BY-SA-2.0

Spurrite Ɔbo no a yɛde rema

Spurrite yɛ aboɔden abo a ɛho yɛ na a ne bo yɛ den fã bi , a wɔtaa twitwa aboɔden abo a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ anaa akuturuku-akuturuku. Ɔbo no nso betumi ayɛ fitaa, nea enni kɔla, bruu, kɔkɔɔ, anaa fitaa.

Wɔ mfiridwuma mu no, “paraspurrite” yɛ asɛmfua a ɛne spurrite hyia, ɛwom sɛ mfiase no na wosusuw sɛ ɛyɛ aboɔden abo soronko a ɛne spurrite yɛ nsɛso pii de — pii fa saa ho wɔ Abakɔsɛm ɔfã no mu.

Afei nso, “strombolite” na ahwehwɛ ayaresafo de yɛ abo a ɛyɛ aboɔden abo a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ a ɛyɛ tuntum kosi bruu a efi New Mexico, U.S.A.

Spurrite Nneɛma a Wɔde Yɛ Nneɛma & Adesua

Nyansahufo asua spurrite ho ade esiane nneɛma ahorow nti.

Ade titiriw biako nti a ɛte saa ne sɛ wosiw ano: wɔ Portland semɛnte a wɔhyehyɛ mu no, spurrite betumi ayɛ sɛ nkaa wɔ fononoo afasu a ɛkyinkyini mu. Ɛha yi, spurrite yɛ efĩ, enti sɛ́ wobɛkwati sɛ ɛbɛhyehyɛ no ho hia na ama wɔayɛ semɛnte yiye.

Adesua asɛmti titiriw ne tebea horow a ɛma spurrite ba bere a wɔreyɛ semɛnte no.

In a 1989 study , simulations hui sɛ fluorine ne chlorine tumi yɛ adwuma sɛ mineralizers (catalysts ma spurrite yɛ) na Ca3SiO5 nkutoo ne reagent-grade reactant a ɛma spurrite yɛ a enni mineralizer.

Afe 2012 nhoma Applied Mineralogy of Cement & Concrete san sii so dua sɛ nneɛma te sɛ chlorine bɛma nneɛma a wɔmpɛ a “ɛyɛ nnam” te sɛ spurrite ayɛ bere a wɔreyɛ sintering anaa calcination, na asiw cement fononoo, pre-heater, anaa calciner no ano.

Nhwehwɛmu foforo a wɔyɛe wɔ 1989 mu daa no adi sɛ differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetry (TG), ne X-ray diffraction (XRD) yɛ adwuma yiye de bu spurrite dodow a ɛwɔ semɛnte fononoo mu ho akontaa.

Nhwehwɛmufo nso ayɛ spurrite a wɔde nneɛma ayɛ de ayɛ tebea horow a wollastonite ne calcite dan spurrite ne carbon dioxide mu nhwehwɛmu. Saa nhwehwɛmu yi , a wotintimii wɔ 1957 mu no ne nea edi kan a wɔbɔɔ ho amanneɛ sɛ wɔyɛɛ spurrite.

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: Rough spurrite nhwɛsode a efi Fuga Mine, Japan | Mfonini no fi: Trtrtr, Ɔmanfo de

Spurrite Nkyerɛkyerɛmu & Su ahorow

Calcium carbonate silicate, aduru a wɔde yɛ spurrite ne Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3). Spurrite, tilleyite, ne scawtite nkutoo ne calcium carbonate silicate aboɔden abo a wonim.

Wɔ mu no, spurrite wɔ ntoatoaso abien: ɔfa biako wɔ [CaO8] polyhedra akuw a ɛbɛn [CO3], bere a ɔfa foforo no wɔ [CaO2] polyhedra a ɛbɛn [SiO4] tetrahedra a wɔatew wɔn ho.

Efĩ a ɛtaa ba ne titanium, aluminium, dade, manganese, magnesium, sodium, ne potassium.

Wɔtaa hu spurrite sɛ granular masses a ɛte sɛ marble a wɔayɛ no ahwehwɛ wɔ ne hwɛbea mu. Mpɛn pii no, spurrite yɛ ahwehwɛ nketewa a ɛte sɛ anhedral (ahwehwɛ anim a ɛda nsow biara nni mu) anaasɛ ahwehwɛ a ɛyɛ mmerɛw a ɛyɛ prismatic. Wɔahu spurrite ahwehwɛ bi wɔ radial, bladed suban mu.

Spurrite ahwehwɛ nso tumi da twinning ahorow abien adi: polysynthetic twinning (twins pii a wɔahyehyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ) wɔ {001} ne {101} so, ne twinning a ɛnyɛ den wɔ composition planes {001} anaa {205} so.

Spurrite Nkyerɛkyerɛmu a Wɔde Kyerɛkyerɛ

Spurrite betumi ayɛ anifere kakra sɛ wubehu nanso ɛnyɛ nea entumi nyɛ yiye.

Akwan abien a ɛsɛe ade (a eye sɛ wɔde di dwuma sɛ ɔkwan a etwa to) ne nea wɔde bɔ afiri a wɔde bɔ nneɛma ne hydrochloric acid a ɛnyɛ den.

• Wɔ blowpipe ase no, spurrite wɔ calcium ogyaframa a ano yɛ den, afei ɛbɛyɛ fitaa na ɛte sɛ porcelain (ɛhwere vitreous luster).

• Wɔ hydrochloric acid a ɛyɛ mmerɛw mu no, spurrite bɛpue (foam, hiss, ne bubble), afei apete, abɛyɛ gelatinous koraa na/anaasɛ agyaw powder fitaa nkae.

Aboɔden abo no hann nso betumi aboa nanso ɛsono. Spurrite nhwɛsode pii da cathodoluminescence a ɛyɛ ahabammono adi (fluorescence a ɛnam ɛlɛtrɔnik atopae so ba, a wɔde luminoscope anaa scanning electron microscope asɔ ahwɛ), ne SW-UV fluorescence a ɛyɛ ahabammono.

Nanso, nhwɛsode ahorow bi a wɔayɛ ho nhwehwɛmu no ada LW-UV fluorescence bruu a ɛyɛ mmerɛw adi nanso SW-UV fluorescence biara nni mu, bere a afoforo nso wɔ cathodoluminescence a ɛyɛ borɔdɔma ne pinkish-orange. Nanso, aboɔden abo afoforo a ɛwɔ nneɛma a wɔaboaboa ano a wɔyɛɛ ho nhwehwɛmu no mu betumi anya nea efii mu bae yi so nkɛntɛnso.

Spurrite agyapade ahorow a wɔakyerɛw no ni:

• Mohs a ɛyɛ den : 5

• Kɔla : Kɔla : Enni kɔla, fitaa, fitaa-fitaa, fitaa, fitaa-akutu, kɔkɔɔ, kɔkɔɔ-blue, lavender, bruu a ɛyɛ hann, kɔkɔɔ

• Ahwehwɛ nhyehyɛe : Monoclinic; Pseudo-orthorhombic a ɛyɛ atoro

• Luster : Ɛyɛ vitreous anaa resinous

• Transparency : Ɛyɛ nea ɛda adi pefee kosi nea ɛnyɛ nea ɛda adi pefee

• Nneɛma a ɛma hann yɛ hyew : 1.637-1.681

• Nnipa dodow : 3.01-3.02

• Cleavage : Ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ {001} so, ɛda nsow/eye wɔ [100] so, ohia/ɛnyɛ soronko wɔ {100} so; (001) ^ (100) = 79° na ɛwɔ hɔ

• Fracture : Ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ anaasɛ ɛyɛ mpaapaemu

• Streak : Ɛyɛ fitaa

• Luminescence : Nea ɛsakrasakra; Inert anaasɛ ahabammono wɔ SW-UV mu, bruu a ɛyɛ hann wɔ LW-UV mu; Mpɛn pii no, ɛyɛ ahabammono (ɛtɔ mmere bi a ɛyɛ pinkish-orange anaa orange) cathodoluminescence

• Pleochroism : Wɔammɔ obiara ho amanneɛ

• Nsonsonoe abien : 0.039-0.040

• Dispersion : Ɛyɛ mmerɛw kakra, ɛyɛ crossed/inclined

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: Kɔnmuade a wɔde spurrite, sugilite , ne lepidolite | Mfonini no fi: Becky Haner, Flickr , CC-BY-SA-2.0

Spurrite Abakɔsɛm

Edin “spurrite” no hyɛ Josiah Edward Spurr, Amerikani sikasɛm ho ɔbenfo a ohuu nhwɛsode ahorow a edi kan wɔ 1907. Spurr huu saa nhwɛsode ahorow yi wɔ Velardeña mantam a wotu fagude mu wɔ Mexico ne Amerikani asase ho nimdefo & mfiridwumayɛfo George Henry Garrey huu saa nhwɛsode ahorow yi wɔ Velardeña a wotu fagude mantam mu wɔ Mexico.

Amerikani aniwa ho nyansahufo & asase ho nimdefo Fred Eugene Wright na ɔde saa din yi mae bere a ɔkyerɛw aboɔden abo no ho nkyerɛkyerɛmu a edi kan wɔ 1908. Spurr ne Garrey de aboɔden abo no afã horow bi a ɛyɛ tratraa kɔmaa Wright, na Wright nhwehwɛmu no daa aniwa mu nneɛma a ɛyɛ nwonwa adi.

Bere a Spurr huu eyi no, ɔmaa Garrey de abotan pii a efi type locality no kɔmaa no. Aboɔden aboɔ a ɛwɔ nhwɛsoɔ a ɛtɔ so mmienu no mu mmienu yɛ aboɔden foforɔ — spurrite ne hillebrandite — berɛ a nea ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa no yɛ gehlenite. Eyi ne bere a edi kan a wohuu gehlenite wɔ Amerika Atifi fam.

Wɔ 1962 mu no, Amerikani asase ho nimdefo Alan A. Colville ne Amerikani nhwehwɛmufo Patricia A. Colville bɔɔ spurrite a ɛyɛ polymorph foforo ho amanneɛ. Norm Nichols huu no wɔ Darwin mantam a wotu fagude wɔ Inyo Mantam mu, California, U.S.A., a mprempren ɛyɛ beae a wɔde spurrite yɛ biako no.

Wɔtoo aboɔden abo no din “paraspurrite” efisɛ na ɛne spurrite wɔ abusuabɔ kɛse wɔ ahwehwɛ mu nanso ɛsono sɛnea na ɛwɔ nkwammoaa a ɛyɛ abien wɔ c * kwan no so.

Amanaman Ntam Aboɔdenfoɔ Fekuo (IMA) no penee aboɔden aboɔ no so mfitiaseɛ nanso wɔbuu paraspurrite din sɛ ɛyɛ soronko wɔ spurrite ho wɔ afe 2010 mu.

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: "Strombolite" spurrite pendant | Mfonini no fi Healcrystal

Spurrite Ayaresa Nneɛma

Sɛ́ ɔbo a agye din a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ a ɛsa yare , spurrite ntease da tumi a aboɔden abo afoforo a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ wɔ adi : ɛkanyan akɔnnɔ, ɛma honhom mu nhumu kɔ soro, na ɛyɛ adwuma sɛ aniwa chakra abo a ɛto so abiɛsa .

Nipadua mu Ayaresa

Sɛnea crystal healers kyerɛ no, mfaso a ɛwɔ spurrite stone so no bi ne nsɛm a ɛfa:

• Anisoadehunu

• Ti a ɛyɛ yaw

• Sinus ahorow

• Hormone ahorow a ɛnkari pɛ

• Mogya mmoroso

• Dae (sɛ nhwɛso no, dae bɔne, nna a wontumi nna) .

Nkate mu Ayaresa

Wɔ nkate fam no, wogye di sɛ spurrite yɛ:

• Hyɛ anidaso ho nkuran, titiriw wɔ mmere a emu yɛ den mu

• Kwerɛ wo werɛ wɔ adwennwene mu

• Yi adwemmɔne fi hɔ

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ: Yellow spurrite nhwɛsode a efi New Mexico, U.S.A. | Mfonini no fi: Dave Dyet, Ɔmanfo de

Spurrite Aboɔden abo Nneɛma a Ɛwɔ Hɔ

Sɛ ne ho yɛ na da nkyɛn a, spurrite bo nso gyina ne kɔla, ne twa, sɛnea emu da hɔ/ɛda adi, ne ne mu duru a ɛyɛ carat so.

Ahosuo

Kɔla ahorow a wɔpɛ sen biara ma spurrite ne kɔla ahorow a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ.

Nhwɛsode a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ pii wɔ nsensanee, na mpɛn pii no, calcite nhama fitaa a ɛhyɛ mmeae a abubu no ma anaasɛ vesuvianite a ɛyɛ ahabammono a ɛnyin wɔ ntam.

Kɔla kɔkɔɔ a emu dɔ nso som bo kɛse, titiriw sɛ ne kɔla yɛ pɛ a.

Twa

Spurrites biara a wɔatwa no ho yɛ na, nanso faceted spurrites ho yɛ na koraa, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɛsom bo kɛse.

Mpɛn pii no, spurrite aboɔden abo yɛ cabochons , nsusuwso, anaa nhwiren.

Mpɛn pii no, spurrite a wɔtɔn no yɛ nea ɛyɛ mmerɛw (wɔntwitwaa), ɛtɔ mmere bi a wɔayɛ no fɛfɛɛfɛ anaasɛ wɔahwe ase.

Nsɛm a ɛda adi pefee & Nsɛm a ɛda adi pefee

Clarity kyerɛkyerɛ sɛnea nneɛma a wotumi hu ka aboɔden abo mu, a ebetumi ama nea ɛda adi pefee ne ne bo so atew. Spurrites a wɔntaa nhu a ɛyɛ mmerɛw koraa betumi asoa bo a ɛkorɔn, ne spurrites a ɛyɛ hann koraa.

Nea wɔtaa de ka spurrite ho ne magnetite ahwehwɛ tuntum. Perovskite a ɛyɛ tumm a wɔde ka ho nso wɔ Japanfo violet spurrite pii mu.

Carat Mu duru & Ne Kɛse

Spurrite ahwehwɛ a ɛyɛ den ne nea wɔaboaboa ano no betumi ayɛ akɛse koraa, te sɛ ahwehwɛ a ne kɛse bɛyɛ nsateakwaa asia a efi Mexico ne ahwehwɛ a emu duru yɛ nkaribo 6 a efi Japan no, nanso mpɛn pii no aboɔden abo a wɔatwa no yɛ nketewa.

Spurrites kakraa bi a ɛwɔ afã horow a wɔatwa no nyinaa wɔ 3 carats ase. Spurrite cabochons betumi ayɛ akɛse kɛse, adu 40+ carats.

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: Rough blue spurrite specimen | Mfonini no fi: D. Nishio-Hamane, Flickr , CC-BY-SA-2.0

Spurrite Formation & Nneɛma a Wɔde Yɛ Adwuma

Spurrite ba sɛ aboɔden abo a ɛto so abien.

Nneɛma a wɔhyehyɛ no ba bere a ɔhyew a ɛkɔ soro, nhyɛso a ɛba fam a ɛne carbonate sedimentary abotan (mpɛn pii no limestone) hyia mafic magma ntam nkitahodi mu. Abotan no dan nsakrae na aboɔden abo bi a ɛwɔ mu no dan spurrite.

Mmeae a Wɔtu Tuo

Nneɛma a ɛwɔ soro sen biara a wonya spurrite nneɛma a ɛyɛ aboɔden abo ne Mexico ne Japan.

Nneɛma afoforo a ɛma wonya spurrite a ɛfata sɛ yɛka ho asɛm ne:

• Israel

• New Zealand na ɛwɔ hɔ

• Russia

• Siberia na ɛwɔ hɔ

• Kurokuro

• UK (Ireland, Scotland) .

• U.S.A. (California, Montana, Mexico Foforo) .

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ no: Kilchoanite a ɛyɛ ahwehwɛ fitaa a wɔaboaboa ano wɔ spurrite kɔkɔɔ matrix mu; Efi Fuka Mine, Japan | Mfonini no fi: David Ayaresabea, CC-BY-SA-4.0

Spurrite Bo & Bo a Ɛsom

Ɛyɛ den sɛ wubenya aboɔden abo a ɛwɔ spurrite a ɛwɔ afã horow, nanso kakraa bi a ɛwɔ hɔ no bɛyɛ dɔla 30 wɔ carat biara mu anaasɛ ne nyinaa bɛyɛ dɔla 75.

Spurrite cabochons, a ɛwɔ kɔla kɔkɔɔ anaa bruu a ɛsom bo mpo, wɔ hɔ a ne bo nnu dɔla biako wɔ carat biara mu anaasɛ ne nyinaa bɛyɛ dɔla 15 kosi 50.

Wobetumi anya spurrite nnua a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ a ɛyɛ den a ne bo yɛ dɔla 30 kosi 60 biara.

Sɛ wɔkyekyem pɛpɛɛpɛ a, spurrite agude bo ne:

• Spurrite Rings : $60 kosi $120

• Spurrite Pendants : $50 kosi $160

• Spurrite Beaded Kɔnmuade : Bɛyɛ $200

Mpɛn pii no, abo a wɔfrɛ no spurrite a ahwe ase no mu biara yɛ bɛyɛ dɔla 3 kosi 6.

Spurrite Ɔhwɛ ne Nsiesiei

Nea eye ne sɛ, aboɔden abo a wɔde hwɛ spurrite no yɛ mmerɛw koraa. Esiane sɛ ɛyɛ cleavage ne mid-range hardness nti, yɛkamfo kyerɛ sɛ wɔmfa nhyehyɛe ahorow a ɛbɔ ho ban wɔ spurrite rings so.

Fa nsu a ɛyɛ hyew, samina a ɛnyɛ den, ne brɔs a ɛyɛ mmerɛw tew spurrite ho. Fa ntama a microfiber nnim nkutoo popa ma ɛnyɛ nwunu.

Fa sie wɔ ɔkwan soronko so fi aboɔden abo afoforo ho na amma ansɛe.

Spur Positivity ne Spurrite Abo!

Ɛyɛ aniwu sɛ spurrite nyɛ nea wonim no yiye. Yɛn ankasa ani gye ɔbo no kɔla kɔkɔɔ a wɔntaa nhu, sɛnea ɛyɛ anigye, ne ayaresa su pa a ɛwɔ mu no ho!

Sɛ w’ani gye ho te sɛ yɛn a, dɛn nti na wonnye spurrite ɔbo anaa mpɛtea mma wo ho?

Kɔtɔ spurrite ne aboɔden abo afoforo a ɛyɛ nwonwa nnɛ!