Jasper Jasper Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to iron(III) inclusions. The mineral aggregate breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used for items such as vases, seals, and snuff boxes. The specific gravity of jasper is typically 2.5 to 2.9. A green variety with red spots, known as heliotrope (bloodstone), is one of the traditional birthstones
You Are What You Is You Are What You Is You Are What You Is is a double album by American musician Frank Zappa. It was originally released as a double album in 1981 and later by Rykodisc as a 20-song CD. After the release of "Joe's Garage", Frank Zappa set up his home studio, the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, and planned to release a triple LP live album called "Warts and All". As "Warts and All" reached completion, Zappa found the project to be "unwieldy" due to its length, and scrapped it, later conceiving "Crush All Boxes". "Crush All Boxes" would have been a