Etymology
Origin of jaspery
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Seventhly: red sedimentary matter or sandstone like that of bed One, several hundred feet in thickness, and including jaspery layers, often having a finely brecciated structure.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
The primary ores consist of pyrite, chalcopyrite, and other sulphides, with large amounts of jaspery quartz and some calcite and dolomite.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
When examining the agates, the chalcedonic and jaspery rocks, some of the limestones, and even the bright red sandstones, I was forcibly struck with their resemblance to deposits formed in the neighbourhood of volcanic action.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
This land, probably islands, must have been mainly formed of porphyries, with some mica-slate, whence the quartz was derived, and with some red sandstone and jaspery rocks.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
The lower beds were here more jaspery than usual, and they included some white cherty strata and red sandstones, alternating with purple claystone porphyry.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
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