Wyoming Agate a wɔfrɛ no Agate

Wɔtaa hu Wyoming Agate , a wɔsan frɛ no Wyoming Iris Agate, wɔ baabi a ɛbɛn Mframa Asubɔnten no. Nokwarem no, wɔsan frɛ wɔn ‘Mframa Asubɔnten Iris Agate.’ Saa aboɔden abo yi mu dodow no ara yɛ nnua akwaa a wɔayɛ no abo yiye, a wɔatow agu koraa, baabi a wɔde chalcedony asi nnua no ananmu wɔ nsu-hama agate a wɔayɛ mu .

Wɔka ɔbo no nsensanee no bi ho asɛm sɛ ɛyɛ ade a ɛyɛ den ma ɛyɛ nea ɛnyɛ nea ɛda adi fã, bere a ɛkame ayɛ sɛ afoforo nso yɛ nea nsu mu tew. Mpɔtam hɔ no wɔ Bighorn Canyon ho wɔ Montana, wɔ Wyoming hye so pɛɛ. Mpɔtam hɔ atew ne ho koraa na ɛnnɛ mpo, ne fã kɛse no ara nni hɔ a nnipa ntra hɔ.

Abakɔsɛm mu no, na Amerikafo Ankasa na wɔde beae no fã kɛse no ara di dwuma, na wɔde abotan no dii dwuma de hyɛɛ nkurɔfo ma wɔdaadaa wɔn ma wokunkum wɔn. Esiane sɛ ɛyɛ wɔn abɔmmɔ amanne no fã nti, wɔboaboa eyi abusuakuw no ano wɔ wɔn ti so, afei wɔde fitaa yɛ fitaa wɔ owia ase. Eyinom buee kwan maa sɛnea ɛda nsow bere a wɔde toto abo afoforo ho no.

Ɛsɛ sɛ wobu saa agate yi te sɛ agate bi a ɛwɔ nsu mu, efisɛ na tete po ase bi ho nsɛnkyerɛnne akata so. Nokwarem no, mpɛn pii no, wotumi de ntini no toto kɔnkrit ho, na wogye di sɛ, wɔ kɔnkrit adan afoforo ho no, ɛtɔ mmere bi a wɔde adanse a ɛkyerɛ sɛ nneɛma a wɔatutu fam ahu wɔ nnompe mu no sɛe saa ntini yi.

Wyoming agate nso yɛ nea ɛwɔ nhama a ɛtrɛw a ɛwɔ kɔla ahorow a ɛyɛ fɛ ne sunsuma a ɛyɛ nhama a ɛyɛ fɛ. Nea ɛka ho no, saa nhama yi ma wonya kɔla ahorow pii te sɛ pink, fitaa, borɔdɔma, kɔkɔɔ, bruu, ne kɔkɔɔ (a wobetumi ahu.)

Mpɛn pii no, saa ahwehwɛ yi di akɔneaba denam ne banding soronko no so, a ɛne quartz a wusiw wom ne amethyst hyia koraa. Nea ɛne kɔla atitiriw a ɛwɔ ne banding mu bɔ abira no, nodule no ani matrix a wɔayɛ ho mfonini sɛ jasper no da ɛnne a ɛyɛ dɛ a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ adi. Sɛ wɔde aboɔden abo yi akyi matrix no toto agate afoforo ho a.

Ná wɔtaa de mpa a ɛyɛ tratraa a ɛyɛ ntini a ɛyɛ mmerɛw, a mpɛn pii no emu dɔ ntra anammɔn kakraa bi na esi abo no so.

Wotutuu emu dodow no ara fii mmeae pii a wɔkae wɔ mpɔtam hɔ, a efi 1900. Bere koro no ara mu no, wɔde nsɛm pii a wɔkae wɔ mpɔtam hɔ no too gua, ɛwom sɛ adwuma a mfaso wɔ so biara amma mu da de. Nea ɛka ho no, apam ahorow a wɔde asie no awie, na wuranom dodow no ara mpene so sɛ wɔbɛkɔ so ayɛ adwuma a wɔde tu fagude. Nokwarem no, wonnim aguadi mu basabasayɛ biara yiye wɔ nhyehyɛe no fã ahorow no ho. Saa akwaa a wɔde gu mu yi bi ne botryoidal quartz ne agate quartz ahwehwɛ a ɛwɔ mu.

Iridescence a wɔbɛhwehwɛ no yɛ asɛnnennen koraa, nanso lapidary adwumfo binom a wɔn ho akokwaw benya boasetɔ ho nhyehyɛe.

Eyi nso yɛ ɔbo soronko a ɛwɔ abakɔsɛm a ɛyɛ nwonwa. Ná ɛhɔfo a wodi kan no bu ne ahorow a ɛwɔ kɔla ahorow no bi sɛ ɛsom bo kɛse, esiane sɛ wɔde siesie wɔn ankasa nneɛma nti, na nsɛm a etu mpɔn nso nti.

Mprempren, sɛ wohu no pii wɔ wiase nyinaa mpo anaasɛ wobu no sɛ ɛyɛ abo a wɔde yɛ nneɛma a ɛnyɛ soronko koraa no mu biako a, wogye tom kɛse sen bere biara. Ɔbo no wɔ mmeae a ɛte sɛ nea enni awiei, na ɛwɔ nsusuwso ne kɔla ahorow pii a chalcedony pue ma.

Saa agates yi agye din yiye, na ɛda adi sɛ wontumi nsiw ano anaasɛ ɛbɛpaapae, anyɛ saa a wubetumi ahu sɛ wɔadi mpaapaemu a ayɛ yiye ho adanse. Nnipa pii betumi afrɛ wɔn mpo sɛ agate a eye sen biara na ɛyɛ su pa. Eyi nso de adanse pii a ɛwɔ nneɛma a atwa yɛn ho ahyia ho tebea horow a wontumi nhu koraa, asase mu nnuruyɛ ho ma.

Ɛda adi kɛse sɛ saa nneɛma nketenkete yi boaa kɛse ma wɔbaraa agate a ɛte saa a wɔtaa yɛ no. Nsuo gyinapɛn a ɛte saa ara nso di dwuma, a honam fam gyinabea sua koraa, wɔ bere tenten mu. Sɛ wohwɛ agate a emu da hɔ a wɔtaa yɛ no mfonini a, wubehu mmeae a saa ahwehwɛ yi kyerɛ kwan.

Mpɛn pii no ɛne afã horow a ɛwɔ banding no hyia, ɛwom sɛ ebia aniwa renhu banding no de. Ebia saa banding su ahorow yi ne nkɛntɛnso a efi daa, depositional kwan a ɛhyehyɛɛ agate a ɛte saa no so. Saa heterogeneity yi kyerɛ kɛkɛ sɛ nsu betumi ayɛ akwankyerɛ a wɔapaw a ɛfa porosity su ahorow no mu.

Nea ebefi mu aba ne sɛ nsu renyɛ pɛ na ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ ɔbo yi nyinaa mu. Ɛbɛpɛ sɛ ɛkɔ fam denam porosity afã horow bi ani so. Efi afifide mu nneɛma a wɔde asi ananmu te sɛ akwaa a wɔde gu mu anaasɛ efi mmeae afoforo a ɛhyɛ ma wɔ asase ase no mu.

Wyoming agate dodow no ara taa nya ɔkwan a wɔpɛ bere a wɔayɛ no mfiase no. Mprempren, agate pii titiriw wɔ akɛse nketenkete ma ɛyɛ kuku a wɔde ahyɛ kuku mu, a ɛyɛ biribi a ɛbɛn mfitiase de no. Saa bere yi nyinaa, ɛda adi sɛ wɔabubu agate afoforo afi ɔbo kɛse bi a ɛyɛ adebɔ mu.

Afei nso, wobetumi ayɛ Wyoming agate ho mfonini sɛ ɛwɔ mmeae a ɛda hɔ kwa a ɛne wɔn ho wɔn ho wɔ abusuabɔ, a ɛyɛ mpaapaemu anaa mpaapaemu wɔ ɔbotan no mu. Agate a wɔboaboa ano a wɔn ho akokwaw no bi nya akwan bi a wɔbɛfa so atwe wɔn ho afi hama a wɔbɛbɔ abotan ahorow yi ho sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔrensɛe honam fam sɛnea wobetumi biara.

Nokwarem no, ɔkwan a edi mũ a wobɛfa so asusuw Wyoming agate ho ne hann a emu yɛ den. Saa nhwɛsode ahorow yi nso betumi ada wɔn honam fam core adi, nso. Nea ɛka ho no, eyi ne agate a ɛyɛ soronko sen biara, a ɛwɔ tebea a ntease wom a ɛwɔ nhama soronko, nnua nketewa, ne nsusuwii ahorow afoforo.

Nea ɛka ho no, wobu no nso sɛ ɔbotan a anohyeto nnim, a ɛyɛ nwonwa sɛ wɔde yɛ agude bere a wɔde toto ɔbo foforo a ɛnyɛ den sɛ ebetumi abubu anaa abubu no ho. Bio nso, wobetumi ahu Wyoming agate ne quartz ahwehwɛ afoforo a ɛyɛ anigye wɔ mmeae a Wyoming aboɔden abo wɔ no nyinaa.

Mpɛn pii no, akwantufo a wofi aman ahorow so betumi anya mfaso afi ahomegye a wobegye wɔ abɔde mu akɔhwehwɛ abɔde mu abo ahorow no mu. Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ asase ho animdefo a wɔn ho akokwaw ne nkae ade abɔmmɔfo a wɔyɛ adwumaden binom ani gye nea Wyoming abotan de ma no ho. Bio nso, wɔahu chalcedony ne quartz ahorow pii wɔ Wyoming.

Afei nso, wɔkyerɛ sɛ saa quartz a ɛte sɛ ahwehwɛ yi mu dodow no ara yɛ aboɔden abo a mununkum akata so na ɛda adi pefee. Nanso, chalcedony nhwɛsode ahorow trɛw kakra, na nokwarem no, Wyoming Agate, bɛyɛ nea wɔpɛ sen biara a wɔboaboa ano, titiriw ma wɔn a wɔboaboa jasper, agate, abotan, ne nnua a wɔayɛ no aboɔ ano no.

Mpɛn pii no, saa nneɛma a wɔde asie yi mu chalcedony yɛ agate pii a ɛbɛn Guernsey a ɛwɔ Hartville a efi Wyoming apuei fam. Agate pii a ɛwɔ mmeae a ɛtete saa no abɛyɛ agate ahorow foforo. Sɛ nhwɛso no, wɔfrɛ ɛhɔnom agate biako a abu so sɛ Youngite.

Nokwarem no, ɛyɛ limestone breccias soronko, a ɛyɛ breccia clasts a ɛyɛ pink kosi cream-tone a wɔayɛ no yiye, na ɛyɛ torotoro denam light-grey so ma ɛbɛyɛ grey-blue banded quartz ne chalcedony. Nanso, agate foforo a agye din nso afi ɔmantam no mu, a wɔfrɛ no Slater agate.

Saa agate ahorow yi ama wɔayɛ nneɛma a wɔde kata so a wɔde kɔnkrit ayɛ a wɔde nneɛma fitaa akata so. Sɛ wotwa wie a, abo yi mu fi awosu mu yɛ agate a ɛyɛ tuntum kosi tuntum a atwa emu a ɛnyɛ hann a ɛyɛ agatized a dendrites nketenkete a ɛyɛ agatized yiye atwa ho ahyia. Nokwarem no, agate yi ani yɛ nea nsu tumi fa mu, na ɛma wohu sɛnea ɛte sɛ sponge a wɔatutu fam ahu.

Nea ɛka ho no, chalcedony nhwɛsode ahorow bi a ɛyɛ nwonwa wɔ hɔ a wɔde sii hɔ wɔ Wyoming. Nea ɛka nsɛm a wɔahyehyɛ no ho ne quartz, nnua a ayɛ abo, ne chalcedonies, a wobetumi ahu wɔ Sierra Madre, Laramie, Shirley, Seminoe Mmepɔw, Laramie, ne Saratoga Bon a ɛwɔ Wyoming kesee fam no.

Chalcedony ahorow a ɛyɛ mmerɛw sen biara wɔ mmeae a ɛtete saa te sɛ agates ne jaspers a ɛyɛ gnarled fi Paleozoic limestones, titiriw, a wɔfrɛ no Casper nhyehyɛe. Ɔkwan foforo so no, ɛda adi kɛse sɛ nnua ahorow pii a ayɛ abo a efi beae yi fi silica a efi Tertiary ogya bepɔw mu nsõ a ɛtɔe mu, a akyiri yi ɛde nnua no sii ananmu no mu.

Nea ɛka ho no, wɔ Ɔtare a ɛwɔ Sierra Madre Mmepɔw so no ho no, quartz ahwehwɛ bi pue a ɛwɔ abura, na ɛpaapae wɔ granite kɔkɔɔ bi mu. Wonim saa tebea yi nso yiye wɔ kɔbere a wotu, ne aboɔden abo pii te sɛ nickel, zinc, sika kɔkɔɔ, platinum, ne palladium.

Wɔ Black Hills a ɛwɔ Wyoming no ho no, wɔahu amethyst ne chalcedony abo pii. Wɔbɔ amanneɛ sɛ agate ne jasperoid nso wɔ asubɔnten mu abotan mu, na abo no yɛ sika kɔkɔɔ kɔla ahorow a wohu wɔ Black Buttes ho wɔ Sundance apuei fam. Eyi bɛyɛ nea wotumi hu sɛ ɛne Tertiary alkalic ogya bepɔw abotan wɔ abusuabɔ.

Wɔ Asubɔnten Basin, Black Hills atɔe fam no, wohu nnua a wɔayɛ no abo, chert, ne jasper ahorow pii nso. Jasper ne chert taa ne Paleozoic limestones a ɛfiri basin no atɔeɛ hyeɛ so no wɔ abusuabɔ, berɛ a nnua a ayɛ aboɔ no firii Wasatch Formation mpɔtam a ɛwɔ ɔman a wɔaka ho asɛm no mu.

Wohu nnyinaso ne nnua bi a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ne kɛse yɛ kɛse nso. Wofi Buffalo apuei fam no, wɔahu dua bi a ɛnyɛ silicified yiye, a ɛtumi bubu, a ɛnyɛ den sɛ ɛbɛpaapae ayɛ asinasin nketenkete a ɛmfata sɛ wɔde siesie. Wonim dua foforo a wɔayɛ no abo sɛ Crazy Woman Creek dua, a ɛfata yiye ma lapidary.

Wɔde silicified dua yi na hooped wɔ ɛnne ahorow pii te sɛ fitaa ne brown, a wobetumi ahu wɔ terrace gravels fi anammɔn 60 kosi 120 wɔ Crazy Woman Creek atifi. Wɔatrɛw mu nso wɔ Bighorn Mmepɔw no so baabi a Dry Creek ne Crazy Woman Creek ka bom no.

Afei nso, na wobetumi ahu asinasin akɛse (a ne kɛse bɛyɛ anammɔn 1) wɔ Crazy Woman Creek mpɔtam hɔ wɔ mfe a atwam no mu. Eyi betumi ayɛ nea mfaso wɔ so wɔ asase ho nhyehyɛe mu, na mpɔtam hɔ, nneɛma ahorow a wɔaboaboa ano wɔ Buffalo. Nokwarem no, wɔahu nneɛma a ɛte saa ara nso wɔ abotan a ɛwɔ abrannaa so a ɛbɛn Powder Asubɔnten (Kaycee.) no mu.

Wɔ Eastern Buffalo no, wɔbɔɔ amanneɛ nso sɛ wɔde nnua a wɔayɛ no aboɔ nhwɛsoɔ bi wɔ abura a amethyst ayɛ mu. Wobetumi ahu wɔn mu binom wɔ Wyoming, wɔ beae a wɔfrɛ no Blue Forest wɔ Eden Bon mu no. Saa dua yi wɔ ntini a ɛyɛ tuntum ma ɛyɛ bruu, a wɔde chalcedony bruu a emu da hɔ aka ho, na ɛma wonya dua a wɔde silicified ayɛ a ɛda nsow na ɛtwetwe adwene.