Amagugu angena kuyo yonke imibala yombala. Ngelixa isafire, irubhi kunye neemeraldi zeziza kuqala engqondweni xa umntu ecinga ngegem enombala, maninzi amanye amatye anqabileyo anemibala anokuqwalaselwa. Nokuba phakathi kweempawu eziqhelekileyo ezinxulunyaniswa nombala omnye, kukho ukubonwa kunye nokwahluka kubo. Ii-sizixhobo, umzekelo, iza kwii-hues ezininzi eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kuxhomekeke ekubeni ivelaphi. Kodwa safire inokuza nepinki, tyheli kwaye iluhlaza.
Ezona gugu zinemibala ezixabiseke kakhulu zikwezona ndawo zinzulu kakhulu, ezizezona zityebileyo zombala. Ngelixa safire zinokuhluka ukusuka kumbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ukuya kumbala omnyama, ezona zixabisekileyo zizityebi, nzulu luhlaza. Kuyafana kunjalo ngeerubhi. Ngelixa nazo zinokwahluka ngombala ukusuka kumbala omnyama ukuya kumnyama kakhulu kwaye umbala omnyama, owona mbala uxabiseke kakhulu yinto ebizwa ngokuba ligazi lehobe, igazi elibomvu ilitye elinqabileyo elibomvu oko kuchithwa kwinto eyayisaziwa njengeBurma.
Eyona ibiza kakhulu i-emeralds ziluhlaza olunzulu, nangona ii-emeralds ngokwazo ziza zinemibala ebanzi, ukusuka kumbala otyheli-luhlaza ukuya kuluhlaza-buluhlaza. Zonke amatye anqabileyo, kunye neempawu ezicacileyo, zixhomekeke ekusikeni nasekupholiseni ingcali ukubonisa imibala kubo bonke ubuqili babo kunye nokuqaqamba.
Ngokubanzi ubunzulu kwaye ucebile ngombala, eli litye lixabiseke ngakumbi. Ezona amethyst zibalaseleyo ziya kuba mnyama, mfusa wasebukhosini. Imethyst enemibala elula ayibalulekanga kangako.
Kodwa abantu abaninzi bakhetha oku kukhanya okanye ukukhanya okumnyama kumbala. Kwaye, zihlala zifikeleleka ngakumbi. Umbala okhanyayo kancinci neametiste Kulula kakhulu ukuyifumana kunombala “ofanelekileyo”, kodwa iselilitye eliyigugu elihle.
Ngokumangalisayo, iidayimani zilinganisiwe ngendlela ezingenambala ngayo. Umbala omncinci, ukuphakama kwinqanaba ledayimane. Ngaphandle kokuba kunjalo ngumbala ochaziweyo ofana nedayimane epinki okanye idayimani ye-canary. Oku phantse kuxabiseke kakhulu njengombala osondeleyo idayimani.