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| Columbia Encyclopedia. 2001-2008. |
| jasper, type of quartz |
| opaque, impure cryptocrystalline quartz, usually red, but also yellow, green, and grayish blue. It is used as a gem. Ribbon jasper has the colors in stripes. |
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