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2. Jasper - Wikipedia

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   Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, [1] [2] is an opaque, [3] impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue.

3. Heliotrope (mineral) - Wikipedia

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   A rough specimen of bloodstone. Heliotropes (from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios) 'sun' and τρέπειν (trépein) 'to turn') (also called ematille, Indian bloodstones, or simply bloodstones) are aggregate minerals, and cryptocrystalline mixture of quartz that occurs mostly as jasper or sometimes as chalcedony (translucent).

4. Biggs jasper - Wikipedia

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   Biggs jasper is a variety of the mineral jasper. It is a "picture jasper" – a jasper that exhibits particular patterns and colors – and is used as an opaque gemstone . [ 1 ] It exhibits intricate, shell- or layer-like patterns in shades of brown ranging from beige to dark brown.

5. Chalcedony - Wikipedia

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   Opaque varieties are sometimes referred to as jasper. [4] Fire agate shows iridescent phenomena on a brown background; iris agate shows exceptional iridescence when light (especially pinpointed light) is shone through the stone. Landscape agate is chalcedony with a number of different mineral impurities making the stone resemble landscapes. [9]

6. Jaspillite - Wikipedia

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   Jaspillite (or jaspilite), also called itabirite or jasper taconite, is a chemical rock formed similar to chert, but is generally quite iron-rich. Jaspillite is typically a banded mixture of hematite and quartz common in the banded iron formation rocks of Proterozoic and Archaean age in the Canadian Shield .

7. Man abandons haircut to help officer under attack - AOL

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   A man having his hair cut leapt out of the barber's chair and ran to help a police officer who was being wrestled to the ground in a headlock.