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 all starts with igneous rocks. The Earth is believed to have been entirely molten in its early stages of development. Hence, all other rock types are derivatives of igneous rocks. Some important igneous rocks from left to right: gabbro, andesite, pegmatite, basalt, pumice, porphyry, obsidian, granite, and tuff.ence, all other rock types are derivatives of igneous rocks. Some important igneous rocks from left to right: gabbro, andesite, pegmatite, basalt, pumice, porphyry, obsidian, granite, and tuff.