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The following list of mines in the Philippines is subsidiary to the Lists of mines in Asia article and Lists of mines articles. This list contains working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output(s) and province. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
Value: 2.00 Philippine peso: Mass: 5.00 g: Diameter: 24.00 mm: Edge: Plain (Flora and Fauna Series) Reeded (Improved Flora and Fauna Series) Composition: Copper-nickel (1983–1991) Stainless steel (1991–1994) Years of minting: 1861–1868 1983–1994: Obverse; Design: State title, Andrés Bonifacio, year of minting: Design date: 1991 ...
1944 Philippines five-centavo coin of the Commonwealth period. When the Philippines became a U.S. Commonwealth in 1935, the coat of arms of the Philippine Commonwealth was adopted and replaced the arms of the U.S. Territories on the reverse of coins while the obverse remained unchanged. This seal is composed of a much smaller eagle with its ...
Bannerstone in use as a weight on a bowstring-style hand drill (re-creation) [2] Bannerstone, Ferruginous quartz, 2nd millennium BC. Found in Illinois . Bannerstones are artifacts usually found in the Eastern United States that are characterized by a centered hole in a symmetrically shaped carved or ground stone.
Herkimer diamonds are double-terminated quartz crystals discovered within exposed outcrops of dolomite in and around Herkimer County, New York, and the Mohawk River Valley in the US. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are not diamonds ; the "diamond" in their name is due to both their clarity and well-formed faces.
The Philippines is naturally rich in gold, making possible the availability of local gold coinage called piloncitos. The original silver currency unit was the rupee or rupiah (known locally as salapi), brought over by trade with India and Indonesia. The salapi continued under Spanish rule as a teston worth four reales or half a Spanish peso.
Corundum is a crystalline form of aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3) typically containing traces of iron, titanium, vanadium, and chromium. [3] [4] It is a rock-forming mineral.It is a naturally transparent material, but can have different colors depending on the presence of transition metal impurities in its crystalline structure. [7]
The Bamboo Organ is the only known oldest and largest bamboo organ existing in the world today with a unique and distinct sound as compared to other pipe organs, built by Fr. Diego Cera Las Piñas Bamboo Organ National Cultural Treasure plaque NMP Declaration No. 01-2003