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Orbicular jasper from Madagascar. Orbicular jasper is a variety of jasper which contains variably-colored orbs or spherical inclusions or zones. In highly silicified rhyolite or tuff, quartz and feldspar crystallize in radial aggregates of needle-like crystals which provide the basis or seed for the orbicular structure seen in this kind of jasper. [1]
A rough specimen of bloodstone. Heliotropes (from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios) ' sun ' and τρέπειν (trépein) ' to turn ') (also called ematille, Indian bloodstones, or simply bloodstones) are aggregate minerals, and cryptocrystalline mixture of quartz that occurs mostly as jasper or sometimes as chalcedony (translucent).
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, [1] [2] is an opaque, [3] impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to iron(III) inclusions. Jasper breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as ...
Orbicular is an adjective meaning "circular" Orbicular may also refer to: Orbicular leaf, a plant leaf shape; Orbicularis oculi muscle, a muscle around the eye; Orbicularis oris muscle, a muscle around the mouth; Orbicular batfish, a species of fish; Caracanthus, the orbicular velvet fishes; Orbicular granite, a rock type; Orbicular jasper, a ...
The bird of paradise mating dance is a combination of color, movement, and sound so let’s look at each in more detail. These birds can be almost any color but the individuals in the above clip ...
Eating a healthy diet can give you a head start in fighting disease, maintaining a healthy weight and just staying as healthy as possible. Some nutrients can even help you fight off cancer. ‘I ...
The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.
President Donald Trump is facing pressure from U.S. hospitals and generic drugmakers to exempt medical goods from his new tariffs on Chinese imports, as they join big pharma lobbyists who have ...