The UNCCD set out a definition of desertification in a treaty adopted by parties in 1994. It states that desertification means “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities”.
It is a gemstone that is found on the African continents and is made pos the silica materials and has compounds of the aluminum and iron and the potassium lithium and the sodium and this is classified as a semi-precious stone. The metamorphic rocks and the sandstone consists of these minerals and the colors of the gemstone cane alter by the heat treatment.