When Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, slavery in the United States was in a large decline, do to the inherent unprofitable nature of the cotton/plantation/slave economy in â¦ the southern states.
Jasper is a cryptocrystalline variety of the mineral Quartz (SiO 2). Quartz is the most abundant single mineral on earth. It makes up about 12% of the earth's crust, occurring in a wide variety of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
It Looks Like a Dog? Dalmatian Stone, also called Dalmatian Jasper, is a white to cream-colored material with black spots that is produced in Chihuahua, Mexico. It reminds people of the Dalmatian breed of dogs  and that is where it gets its name. It is very easily polished to a bright luster and is a familiar semi-precious stone that is cut into beads, spheres, cabochons and carvings. It is also commonly seen as tumbled stones.