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The Blue Line is a planned rapid transit line of the Dubai Metro in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.It will be the third metro line in the city, after the Red and Green lines, [1] with a total length of 30 kilometres and 14 stations, connecting the neighbourhoods of Ras Al Khor Industrial Area, Al Warqaa, Mirdif, Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai Academic City, and Dubai ...
The blueschist metamorphic facies gets its name from abundant blue minerals glaucophane and lawsonite.Glaucophane generally forms in blueschist metamorphic rocks of gabbroic or basaltic composition that are rich in sodium and have experienced low temperature-high pressure metamorphism such as would occur along a subduction zone.
Madame Tussauds Dubai, situated on Bluewaters Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the inaugural branch of this museum in the Middle East. It exhibits over 60 life-like wax figures of musicians, actors, athletes, and world leaders.
Bluewaters Island will feature the AED 1 billion ($274m [1]) Ain Dubai (formerly the Dubai Eye), a 274-metre (899 ft) tall giant Ferris wheel.It is 85.4 m (280 ft) the world's tallest Ferris wheel, taller than the previous worlds tallest Ferris wheel,167.6 m (550 ft) High Roller, which opened in Las Vegas in March 2014, [8] and 177.5 m (582 ft) taller than the 225.5 m (740 ft) New York Wheel ...
HHHR Tower, also known as the Blue Tower, is a supertall skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The construction of the 72-floor, 317-metre (1,040 ft) building started in 2006 and was completed in 2010. Designed by architect Al Hashemi, the building is primarily residential, with some commercial uses. [3]
The mineral is found worldwide, usually in small quantities. Pale blue crystal specimens are found in Madagascar. White and orange variants also occurred at Yate, Bristol, UK, where it was extracted for commercial purposes until April 1991. [10]
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Linarite is a somewhat rare, crystalline mineral that is known among mineral collectors for its unusually intense, pure blue color. It is formed by the oxidation of galena and chalcopyrite and other copper sulfides. It is a combined copper lead sulfate hydroxide with formula PbCuSO 4 (OH) 2.