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Free Flashcards about GEOLOGY/EARTH SCI. - StudyStack  FROM THE GREEK KRYOS, "ICE", IT'S THE FORM A MINERAL GROWS INTO WHEN UNRESTRICTED, CRYSTAL. ALASKA'S MALASPINA IS AN EXAMPLE...
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J! Archive - Show #5472, aired 2008-05-27  May 27, 2008 ... A boat that transports passengers across a river, it's a homonym for a tiny .... From the Greek kryos, "ice", it's the form a mineral grows into when...
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Jeopary Questions page 1067 - AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE ...  GEOLOGY: 1 of the 3 minerals on the Mohs scale that can be scratched with a ... the Greek kryos, "ice", it's the shape a mineral grows into when unrestricted.
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J! set 18 Flashcards | Quizlet  GEOGRAPHY This Yugoslavian republic covers part of and shares its name with .... the Greek kryos, "ice", it's the form a mineral grows into when unrestricted.
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The Geology P.A.G.E.: GeoJeopardy Fridays  Aug 20, 2010 ... From the Greek kryos, "ice", it's the shape a mineral grows into when ... 1 of the 3 minerals on the Mohs scale that can be scratched with a...
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WORD ORIGINS: Derived from the Greek for "ice" - Trivia Bistro  Jeopardy Question: WORD ORIGINS - Derived from the Greek for "ice", it's a glass of fine quality that resembles ice.
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Minerals, Gems Information, Facts, News, Photos -- National ...  Minerals are typically formed when molten rock, or magma, cools, or by ... Silicatesincluding quartz, mica, olivine, and precious minerals such as ... Diamonds, made of carbon atoms, are the hardest natural substance found on Earth. ... Rubies are formed of a mineral called corundum, comprised of aluminum oxide.
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The Parts of the Periodic Table - Angelo State University  Derivations of the Names and Symbols of the Elements .... 66, Dy, Dysprosium, Greek: dysprositos, "hard to get at" (because the first isolation of the element required .... 45, Rh, Rhodium, Greek: rhodon, "rose" (because of its red-colored salts).
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What does ingot mean - Definition of ingot - Word finder  A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of ... A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in ... (2) "in" + Old English goten, past participle of geotan "to pour" (see found (v.2)). ... There the red earth is freed of its "devils," as the great ironmaster has named the...
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Free Flashcards about GEMS & JEWELRY - StudyStack  THE NAME OF THIS GEMSTONE CAME FROM THE GREEK "SMARAGDOS", WHICH PROBABLY MEANT ANY GREEN STONE, EMERALD. THE STATE...
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Snowflake - Wikipedia  A snowflake is either a single ice crystal or an aggregation of ice crystals which falls through the Earth's atmosphere. They begin as snow crystals which develop when microscopic supercooled ... The individual ice crystals often have hexagonal symmetry. Although the ... It can have many sides from 5-(a number on beyond)...
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Chapter 4 Rocks and Minerals - Volcano World  Chapter 4 focuses on Rocks and Minerals, looking at types of rocks. .... The Appalachian Mountain region of the eastern U.S. and most of eastern Canada are ... Look at the photo of granite above, notice the different crystals in the rock. ..... the winter, if the lake becomes frozen over, the sediments come to rest on the bottom.
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Jade Meanings and Uses | Crystal Vaults  Items 1 - 12 of 43 ... In scientific terms, Jade is the name shared by two distinctly different minerals - Nephrite, a calcium magnesium silicate, and Jadeite, ... Both occur in the beautiful olive shades we've come to recognize as jade green, but have some distinctions. ... Nephrite is from the Greek word nephros, the kidney.
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Free Flashcards about GEOLOGY/EARTH SCI. - StudyStack  THE NAME OF THIS SOFT BLACK MINERAL IS FROM THE GREEK FOR "TO WRITE", GRAPHITE. TRUE ALABASTER IS A VARIETY OF THIS MINERAL USED...
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Metamorphic Rock Classification - faculty at Chemeketa  Foliation may also look like alternating bands of light and dark minerals. In contrast, a nonfoliated rock has interlocking grains with no specific pattern. Foliated rocks (Table 1) ... Rock Name. SLATE ... Minerals not visible with the naked eye or with a hand lens, rock shows slaty cleavage, is usually dark-colored. A product of...
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Talk:Cold water extraction - Wikipedia  [Untitled][edit]. *side note in reference to legality: "Cold water extraction is used legally and ... although I suppose that a "cold water extraction" is a type of recrystallization in which temperature is .... The term comes from the Greek   (enkuklios paideia), literally "in a circle of instruction", and more generally...
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Introduction & Symmetry Operations - Tulane University  Aug 27, 2013 ... Definition of a Mineral. A mineral is a naturally occurring homogeneous solid with a definite (but ... This ordered arrangement of atoms is called a crystal structure, and ... There are 3 types of symmetry operations: rotation, reflection, and ... 4-Fold Rotation Axis - If an object repeats itself after 90o of rotation,...
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The Rock Cycle  All igneous rocks start out as melted rock, (magma) and then crystallize, or freeze. ... Fast cooling makes crystals too small to see without some kind of magnifier. ... Low-grade metamorphic rocks like slate and phyllite break in flat pieces, and ... rocks are chemically altered or physically broken into fragments as a result of...
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What's the birthstone for August? | Earth | EarthSky  Aug 3, 2015 ... Peridot is a gem-quality transparent variety of olivine, a mineral composed of magnesium-iron silicates. The color of olivine ranges from olive to...
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pt - WordReference.com Dictionary of English  a large, deep hole in the ground made for looking for or removing a mineral deposit, as coal or gas; a shaft. the mine ... Botany, Dialect Termsthe stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum. v. [~ + object] .... Etymology: 19th Century: from Dutch: kernel; compare pith. 'pt' also found ... it can make shopping a bottomless pit
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Reference Tables for Physical Setting/EARTH SCIENCE - p-12  Uranium-238 ... (symbol). CRUST. HYDROSPHERE. TROPOSPHERE. Percent by mass .... origin. Dominantly metamorphosed ro ck s. Intensely metamorphosed rocks .... CHARACTERISTICS ... INORGANIC LAND-DERIVED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS .... Dome-like uplift of Adirondack region begins ..... Nonmetallic luster.