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- noun Plural form of
jasper .
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Examples
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Another great group of ores to be considered under this head are the iron ores of Lake Superior, -- which were originally deposited as sediments, called jaspers or iron formations, with too low a percentage of iron to be of use, and which have required a secondary concentration by surficial agencies to render them valuable.
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i also found a lot of facial expressions funny such as jaspers!
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She jerked away, red jaspers tumbling to the floor as the room fell silent except for the mystical music on the stereo.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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She jerked away, red jaspers tumbling to the floor as the room fell silent except for the mystical music on the stereo.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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She jerked away, red jaspers tumbling to the floor as the room fell silent except for the mystical music on the stereo.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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Pushing back the tissue paper, I saw a row of seven red jaspers—a stone known for its protection against night hazards, for promoting the courage to speak out, and for physical energy.
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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“It will drain only the jaspers Xerxadrea gave me to wear.”
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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Those jaspers have been at this game a long time, a lot longer than the new dudes in town with all their high-falutin 'talk about reforming the way things are done.
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I shouted, gliding swiftly in to get him and concentrating on drawing protective energy back out of the jaspers and into my aura.
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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These jaspers could be dated to 3.46 billion years ago.
Deep-sea Rocks Point To Early Oxygen On Earth | Impact Lab 2009
gammerstang commented on the word jaspers
(Britain, West Country, Somerset, colloquial) A wasp.
(US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
April 26, 2020