what is a hermafrodite?
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I think you mean hermaphrodite. That is an organism (even human, but rarely) that has both male and female sex organs.
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Hematite is an iron ore that is use in jewelry and is often sold at rock shops for rock and mineral collectors.\n\nLook in your phone book for Rock Shop or Mineral Shop\nTry a Yahoo Local search for "rock shop" or "mineral shop" for your community.\nThere are some retailers online that will sell you hematite samples.  Try a Yahoo Search (below) and browse through the results.
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Mineral group- Zippeite|Hardness-5.5| streak-grayish, black| Cleavage [100]- good,[010]- good [001]- good| Fracture- brittle, generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals| Magnetism- Magnetic after heating| Chemical formula- CoAsS| Name Origin- From the German, Kobold, "underground spirit" or "goblin," in allusion to the refusal of cobaltiferous ores to smelt properly, hence "bewitched."
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The typical hexagonal shape of the columnar jointing is caused by the presence of pyroxene, which is a hexagonal mineral, and a form of fractal influence on the joint formation by the pyroxene which dominates in the groundmass of the basalt. Pentagonal, heptagonal or octagonal joint patterns are also known, but are less common.
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In zoology, a hermaphrodite is an organism of a species whose members possess both male and female sexual organs during their lives. In many species, hermaphroditism is a universal part of the life-cycle. Generally, hermaphroditism occurs in the invertebrates, although it occurs in a fair number of fish, and to a lesser degree in other vertebrates.\n\n\nNote: The term "hermaphrodite" has historically been used to describe people with ambiguous genitalia or biological sex. The broader term intersexual is often used and is preferred by many such individuals and medical professionals. The term is still used by the pornography industry, though often as a synonym for transsexual, as true human intersexuals are rare.
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Chrysotile, or white asbestos, CAS No. 12001-29-5, is obtained from Canadian serpentine rocks.\n\n    * Amosite, CAS No. 12172-73-5, also known as Grunerite or brown asbestos, is an amphibole from Africa, named as an acronym from Asbestos Mines of South Africa. One formula given for Amosite is Fe7Si8O22(OH)2.\n\n\nCrocidolite, or blue asbestos, CAS No. 12001-28-4, is an amphibole from Africa and Australia. It is the fibrous form of riebeckite. Blue asbestos is commonly thought of as the most dangerous type of asbestos (see above and below). One formula given for Crocidolite is Na2Fe2+3Fe3+2Si8O22(OH)2.\n\nNotes: Serpentine rocks are those with curled fibres. Amphiboles have straight, needle-like fibres.\n\nThe amphiboles, in their fibrous form, are friable and therefore the most carcinogenic, although they also exist in safer non-fibrous forms. Asbestos with particularly fine fibers is also referred to as "amianthus".\n\nOther asbestos minerals, such as tremolite, CAS No. 77536-68-6, Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2; actinolite (or smaragdite), CAS No. 77536-66-4, Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2; and anthophyllite, CAS No. 77536-67-5, (Mg, Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2; are less-used industrially but can still be found in a variety of construction materials and insulations and occur in a few consumer products, such as talcum powders and vermiculite. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned all construction-related products that have asbestos content of 1% or greater. It has also banned asbestos in all other friable (easily crushed by finger pressure) products.
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It is Hyophorbe. Last known plant is cultivated in the Curepipe Botanical Garden, Mauritius.\nSee IUCN Red List entry for full details (link)
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I'm sure you mean rhodium.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodium
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1) Rhyolites that cool too quickly to grow crystals form a natural glass or vitrophyre, also called obsidian\n\n2) amount of silica di-oxide, texture and color\n\n3) gold is found in quartz veins around igneous intrusion via hydrothermal fluid precipitation\n\n4) If we assume a slower but constant rate of cooling, then both minerals could feasibly form well shaped crystals at the same time (phaneritic texture) .  If we assume a slow than fast cooling, then possibly only plagioclase would form (porphyritic texture) due to its position in Bowen's reaction series.
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Peridot (pronounced pair-a-doe) is a transparent yellowish-green Magnesium/Iron Silicate. It is a gem variety of the mineral Chrysolite or Olivine and its chemical formula is given by: (Mg,Fe)2SiO4.\n\nPeridot ranges in color from light yellow-green to the intense bright green of new spring grass to olive. Because of the way peridot splits and bends the rays of light passing through it, it has a velvety appearance, a rich glow, and a slightly greasy luster. The purer green a peridot is the higher the value. Any tinges of brown or visible flaws greatly diminish the price. See jewelry made with peridot.\n\nThe best-colored peridot has an iron percentage of less than 15% and includes nickel and chromium as trace elements.bracelet It is not clear whether the word peridot comes from the Arabic word faridat, which means gem or if it is derived from the French word peritot which means unclear. In the 18th century,the French were the first to call this yellowish-green stone peridot. Before this time, peridot was called topaz. Peridot has been mined as a gemstone for an estimated four thousand years and is mentioned in the Bible under the Hebrew name of pitdah. \n\nThe second website listed belows shows sizes and typical prices.
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There are 2 basic kinds of hermaphrodites: true or pseudo. True hermaphrodites have both ovary and testes but have a specific genetic gender that needs to be tested.  Pseudo have one or the other gonads, but mix and match f-m organs externally and internally. Genetic testinghelps here too.THenplastic surgery can be performed to help the body match the chromosomes.\n\nThere are several kinds of pseudo hermaphrodites!  Very fascinating and complex, but all of us start out a specific genetic gender at conception  with our XX or XY and then the external genitalia and internal organs hopefully end up matching the genetics.  Then to add all the other issues about sexuality becomes complex, ie homosexual-transsexual-trans-gendered....wow. There are specialists out there who can help folks determine if they are gay-straight-bi-transgendered-trans-sexual or WHAT. Most transexuals have serious gender dysphoria and wonder if they are gay! Most people who THINK they are transexual are NOT....they just have some form of gender confusion in this oft very confused world. Some who think they are transexual are gay.\n\nWe all start as physical females on the ext genitalia during embryo development, but then a male closes up (labia close to form scrotum and underside of penis). Inside, we start out with undifferentiated gonads that are not yet either f-ovaries or m-testes and we have BOTH sets of tubes that will become EITHER fallopian tube or vas deferens.  One set of those tubes are supposed to disappear during embryo development, so it is easy to imagine how pseudo hermaphrodites canend up with varying mix-match scenarios.\nThere are also varying degrees of functionality of the organs, but human hermaphrodites are not designed to be self-fertilizing.  that defeats sexual reproduction's goal of increased DIVERSITY.\n\nIllicit sex canget us into lots of trouble regardless of our sexual status.
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Some examples of natural groups of animals in which hermaphroditism occurs:\nmollusks (e.g. garden snails)\nearthworms (annelids in general)\nnematodes\nechinoderms\nfish\n\nMost plants, especially angiosperms.\n\nPS: Seahorses are _not_ hermaphrodites. Males have a brooding pouch for their offspring, but they're males all the same.
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It's an iron oxide and it forms in an oxidising environment. Rich deposits may be the result of weathering, or precipitation out of oxygen-rich surface water or oxygen-rich water in hydrothermal veins.\n\nAs to why it is sometimes red and sometimes metallic-grey I'd say it is probably due to the size of the crystals. When it is ground up fine, it is always red. The smaller grains scatter red light.
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Sorry, but what is a Hermatocrit?
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Basalts (specifically MORB <mid ocean ridge basalt> types)
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You mean Hermaphrodites?\n\nI don't know. You could always run a Yahoo! Search, but with the SafeSearch option toggled on.
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Hermaphrodites are species that are able to self-reproduce by cloning.  I don't know what you mean by "the story" but I'm assuming you mean the evolutionary explaination to its existance.\nHermaphrodites exist because there is an advantage to self-reproduction (making clones of yourself).  \n1. no need to spend energy finding a mate\n2. they get to transfer 100% of their genes to the next generation\n\nThis is why hermaphrodites exist, and why they may sometimes have an advantage to sexual species (species that produce through sex).\nHermaphrodites generally have an advantage in stable environments, however sexual species have an advantage in more variable environments because they are more able to adapt (through natural selection).