jasper
碧玉,茉莉花,琼浆玉液,琼浆
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- : a compact, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually colored red: often used in decorative carvings.
- : Also called jasper ware, cameo ware. a fine, hard stoneware introduced c1775 by Wedgwood, stained various colors by metallic oxides, with raised designs in white.
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The annual bikepacking race takes on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, which spans from Jasper, Canada, to Antelope Wells, New Mexico, along the Rocky Mountains.
Domonique Brown’s Jasper and Layla Weiner’s Amber characters were particularly welcome additions.
Offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper called Forney “a big, gentle teddy bear” who always had a way of making tough situations better.
Locals say either of the counties’ two main cities — Covington in Newton, Monticello in Jasper — could be mistaken for Mayberry.
Tim Krul, the substitute goalie, seemed a good foot taller than Jasper Cillessen, the man he replaced, and much the more daunting.
Jasper Johns stands tall like a figure from The Great Gatsby in a casual suit.
Jasper Johns: Regrets is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York until September 1, 2014.
“A growl and a shake,” the attorney, Jasper Monti, tells The Daily Beast.
One justification is that Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was the real deal.
And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.
Red, somewhat slaty jasper, mixed with quartz and chalcedony, and containing specular iron ore.
Hurry and shave, you know how smooth Jasper Jones' chin always looks, and then straighten up this room.
Among those who were taking their ease at this suburban inn was Jasper Goodrum, one of my comrades.
Hard sandstone, trap or graacke, jasper and chalcedony, appear occasionally; some almost transparent.