Ko Kambaba Jasper—e hokona nuitia ana i raro i ngā ingoa taurite ko te Crocodile Jasper, ko te Green Stromatolite Jasper rānei—he toka puia pūriki, kākāriki pōuri ki te pango, he porowhita, kaua ko te jasper pono e ahu mai ana i te chalcedony. I runga i te mātauranga kohuke, ka whakarōpūtia hei rhyolite tino whakapakeke, he tuff puia rānei. Ko te matua o te kiko he kiripaka moroiti me te pāhare pāporo pāhare, kua whakaurua ki ngā whakahuihui porowhita pōuri. Ko te whakamātautau whakaata whatu me te whakamaarama hihi-X e whakamana ana ko ēnei “karu” pōuri me ngā rārangi whakapiri e hangaia ana e ngā kāhui ngira o ngā kohuke amphibole whai rino, arā ko te riebeckite me te aegirine. Ko te rerekētanga o te whakaurunga o ēnei wāhanga kohuke ka puta ai ngā rerekētanga o te tae, mai i te kākāriki ngahere hōhonu me te tītī ki te hina-pango.
Ko te tohatoha matawhenua o tēnei rawa he tino whāiti, ko ngā putunga hokohoko matua kei te rohe o Bongolava anake i te uru-waenganui o Madagascar. Ko te takenga o te kupu "Kambaba" e hāngai tika ana ki te ingoa wāhi o te rohe maina. I ngā mākete hokohoko o te ao mō ngā kohatu utu nui me te whakairo kohatu, i whakaurua tēnei rawa i te mutunga o te rautau 1900. Nā tōna āhua porowhita ahurei, kua hokona i mua i raro i ngā ingoa hokohoko tinihanga pēnei i te "Nebula Stone," ahakoa he rerekē tōna huinga kohuke me tōna takenga matawhenua i te momo aegirine-riebeckite nephrite tino whakaranu e kitea ana i Amerika ki te Raki. I ngā tauhokohoko kohuke o nāianei, ka whakarōpūtia hei kohatu whakairo whakapaipai me tētahi tauira kohikohi.
Ko te takenga mai o Kambaba Jasper i te wa o Precambrian eon. He tohu mo te hanganga stromatolite kua whakakorikorihia, he hanganga parataiao i hangaia e te tipu o nga paparanga o te cyanobacteria phototrophic (i whakarōpūtia i mua hei pūkohu-kikorangi). I whakaputahia e enei whariki moroiti tawhito te pākawa waro konupūmā me te hopu i nga parataiao pai i roto i nga wai moana tawhito, i nga wai roto ranei. I roto i nga wā o te whenua, i whakauruhia e nga mahi puia o muri mai nga wai wera, silica-nui ki roto i nga paparanga parataiao. I timata tenei i te hurihanga hanganga ma te whakakapinga metasomatic (silicification), i whakakapia ai nga hanganga waro me te matrix waro taketake e te quartz microcrystalline. I tiakina e tenei tukanga te āhua concentric, paparanga o nga koroni cyanobacteria taketake i roto i te matrix silicate pumau, maro, ka puta he Mohs pakeke o 6.5 ki te 7.0.
Ngā āhuatanga tae me te whatu
Ko te kāhui tae motuhake o Kambaba Jasper he pounamu pouri, he tīrangi, he pango-hina rānei te papatipu whenua, kei roto ko ngā whakahiato porowhita porowhita e whakaatu ana i ngā tae pounamu hohonu ki te pounamu-mint. I runga i te hanganga, he pōuri katoa te kōhatu (diapheneity) me te kore whakawhiti mārama i roto i tōna āhua matua. I runga i te tirohanga, e whakaatu ana i te taupū whakahiato e rere ana i waenga i te 1.53 me te 1.55, e whakaata ana i te rangatiratanga o tōna wāhanga kiripiri moroiti. He rerekē te kanapa o te mata i runga i te otinga me te kukū kohuke; e rere ana i te kanapa karaihe ki te pūahoaho, ki te āhua ware rānei inā whakamahine. Nā te mea he whakahiato kohuke tae-maha, kaua ko te kiripiri kotahi, kāore e whakaatu i te pleochroism, ā, he iti noa tōna marara.
Ngā Āhuatanga Tinana me te Matū
He matū, ko te Kambaba Jasper he toka puia hiwā-kikī e titoa ana i te hauhā hāora (SiO₂). Ehara i te momo kohuke engari he toka whakahiato e mau ana i te kohuke kirikiri moroiti e whakaurua ana ki te pāhare pākāria, me te whakaurunga o ngā pāhare rino-whai rawa e mau ana i ngā amphiboles riebeckite me aegirine. I runga i te tauine pakeke o Mohs, e 6.5 ki te 7.0 te nui, e whakarato ana i te ātete mātaratara pai. Ko te āhua o te whati he kōpīpī ki te whati-kōpīpī, ā, kāore he papa wehenga. Ko te taumaha motuhake e taka ana i waenga i te 2.50 ki te 2.65 g/cm³. He pūmau matū i raro i ngā āhuatanga mata noa, e ātete ana i ngā waikawa ngoikore engari ka pirau ina pā ki te waikawa hauwai.
Whakamahinga o Kambaba Jasper
Ko te whakamahinga matua o te Kambaba Jasper kei roto i nga mahi toi lapidary me nga ahumahi whakapaipai. Na te kaha o te pakeke me te kore o te wehenga, he tino pai ki te whakakoi, he mea pai hei tapahi ki nga cabochon, nga pirepire, me nga kohatu tumbled e mahia nuitia ana. Ka whakamahia hoki mo nga whakapaipai o roto, nga whakairo whakapaipai nui, nga porowhita, me nga taupoki pukapuka whakapaipai. I roto i te tauhokohoko whakapaipai, ka whakarōpūtia hei kohatu whakapaipai tauhou, he tauira pararopi ranei, ka whakauruhia ki roto i te hiriwa sterling, ki nga hoahoa takai waea ranei e aro ana ki nga maakete kohikohi me nga toi. Karekau he whakamahinga ahumahi, hiko ranei na te rereketanga o te hanganga me te rereke o te hanganga matū.
I roto i ngā anga esoteric o nāianei me ngā mahi whakaora kiripaka, ka whakarōpūtia a Kambaba Jasper hei kōhatu o te pūmau, te whakapūwhenua, me te taurite hinengaro. Ka honoa e ngā kaimahi metaphysical tōna auau wiri pōturi, pūmau ki te pūtake (Muladhara) me te ngākau (Anahata) chakras, e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā mahi whakaaroaro i hangaia hei whakaiti i te āwangawanga me te tuku i ngā tauira whakaaro kino hurihuri. I roto i ngā tuhinga lithotherapy, ko tōna tae kākāriki waitohu e whakamāoritia ana hei ara mo te pūngao whenua me ngā huringa taiao, e kīia ana he "kōhatu o te rangimārie me te ata noho." Ka whakamahia nuitia hei arotahi tohu mo te whakaora kare ā-roto i muri i te whakawhiu, hei taputapu whakapūwhenua rānei e whai ana ki te whakatairanga i te manawaroa whaiaro me te whakahāngai ki te taiao.