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Encyclopedia > Jasper (disambiguation)

Jasper may refer to:

Jasper is the name of some places in the United States of America: Jasper or Jesper (Nordic form) is a males given name. ... A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. ... Jasper pebble, one inch (2. ... This article is about minerals in the geologic sense; for nutrient minerals see dietary mineral; for the band see Mineral (band). ... Jasper pebble, one inch (2. ... The previous open source article now exists at open-source software. ... Codec is a portmanteau of either Compressor-Decompressor or Coder-Decoder, which describes a device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal. ... JPEG 2000 is a wavelet-based image compression standard. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Tomcat functions as a servlet container developed under the Jakarta Project at the Apache Software Foundation. ... JSP or JavaServer Pages, known to some as the Java Scripting Preprocessor, is a Java technology that allows developers to dynamically generate HTML, XML or some other type of web page. ... Josiah Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood (July 12, 1730 – January 3, 1795) was an English potter, credited with the industrialisation of the manufacture of pottery. ...

and others in Canada: Jasper is a city located in Walker County, Alabama. ... Jasper is a city located in Newton County, Arkansas. ... Jasper is a city located in Pickens County, Georgia. ... Jasper is a city located in Dubois County, Indiana. ... Jasper is a city located in Pipestone County, Minnesota. ... Jasper is a town located in Steuben County, New York. ... Jasper is a city located in Jasper County, Texas is on U.S. highways 96 and 190, State Highway 63, and Sandy Creek in north central Jasper County. ... Jasper County is a county located in the state of Indiana. ... Jasper County is a county located in the state of Iowa. ... Jasper County is a county located in the state of Mississippi. ... Jasper County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ...


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Jasper Information (357 words)
Jasper is an opaque, impure variety of quartz that is usually red, yellow or brown in color.
According to Rebbenu Bachya, the word Yasfeh in the verse Exodus 28:20 means jasper and was the stone on the Ephod representing the tribe of Benjamin.
Jasper may be permeated by dendritic minerals providing the appearance of vegetative growths.
Jasper (72 words)
Jasper is an opaque, impure variety of quartz that is red, yellow or other colors.
This mineral breaks with a smooth surface that is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone.
The Egyptian pebble[?] is a brownish yellow jasper.
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