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In the U.S., Montana moss agate is found in the alluvial gravels of the Yellowstone River and its tributaries between Sidney and Billings, Montana. It was originally formed in the Yellowstone National Park area of Wyoming as a result of volcanic activity. In Montana moss agate the red color is the result of iron oxide and the black color is the ...
The Corrupted Blood debuff being spread among characters in Ironforge, one of World of Warcraft's in-game cities. The Corrupted Blood incident (also known as the World of Warcraft pandemic) [1] [2] took place between September 13 and October 8, 2005, in World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
Agate. Agate is a fibrous, banded variety of chalcedony that occurs in a variety of colors and patterns. [9] Iris agate shows exceptional iridescence when light (especially pinpointed light) is shone through the stone. Landscape agate is chalcedony with a number of different mineral impurities making the stone resemble landscapes. [10]
The location was discovered by William H. Spencer of Spencer, Wyoming in 1916, who found well-preserved stone blades and points in Moss Agate Arroyo. In 1941 Spencer mentioned the find to Robert E. Frison, a deputy game warden at Newcastle , who visited the site and contacted Dr. Frank H.H. Roberts of the Bureau of American Ethnology at the ...
Agate (/ ˈ æ ɡ ɪ t / AG-it) is a fibrous, banded variety of chalcedony. [1] Agate stones are characterized by alternating bands of different colored chalcedony and sometimes include macroscopic quartz. They are common in nature and can be found globally in a large number of different varieties.
Mug with mocha decoration, England, c. 1800, earthenware. Mocha decorated pottery (also known as the " Mocha Tea" technique) is a type of dipped ware (slip-decorated, lathe-turned, utilitarian earthenware), mocha or mochaware, in addition to colored slip bands on white and buff-colored bodies, is adorned with dendritic (tree-like or branching) markings resembling the natural geological ...
An agricultural road or farm track is a service road that serves predominantly agricultural or forestry purposes and has only local significance. Agricultural roads are typically unpaved dirt roads or covered with gravel , but in some cases asphalt roads are agricultural roads.
The Agate Desert is a prairie located near White City, Oregon, 53 acres (21 ha) [1] of which is protected as the Agate Desert Preserve. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The area is not in fact a desert as its name suggests; it is so named because of the abundance of agate , petrified wood , jasper , and other minerals found there. [ 4 ]