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  2. Jasper - Wikipedia

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    Jasper is an opaque rock of virtually any colour stemming from the mineral content of the original sediments or ash. Patterns arise during the consolidation process forming flow and depositional patterns in the original silica-rich sediment or volcanic ash .

  3. List of rock formations - Wikipedia

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    Metamorphic rocks are created by rocks that have been transformed into another kind of rock, usually by some combination of heat, pressure, and chemical alteration. Sedimentary rocks are created by a variety of processes but usually involving deposition, grain by grain, layer by layer, in water or, in the case of terrestrial sediments, on land ...

  4. List of rock types - Wikipedia

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    Quartzolite – Extremely rare igneous rock made mostly of quartz – An intrusive rock composed mostly of quartz; Rhyodacite – Volcanic rock rich in silica and low in alkali metal oxides – A felsic volcanic rock which is intermediate between a rhyolite and a dacite; Rhyolite – Igneous, volcanic rock, of felsic (silica-rich) composition

  5. Patterns in nature - Wikipedia

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    A foam is a mass of bubbles; foams of different materials occur in nature. Foams composed of soap films obey Plateau's laws , which require three soap films to meet at each edge at 120° and four soap edges to meet at each vertex at the tetrahedral angle of about 109.5°.

  6. Rock (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. [35] The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock salt, potash, construction aggregate and ...

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  8. Stone stripe - Wikipedia

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    A stone stripe, also called a lava stringer, [1] is an elongated concentration of mostly talus-like basalt rock found along a hillside or the base of a cliff. Many stone stripes occur without cliffs. A stone stripe is identified by its lack of vegetative cover. They typically occur in north central Oregon and develop at 900 to 1,100 meter ...

  9. Candy Canes Are Everywhere on Christmas—But Why Is That? - AOL

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    Others say that the hooked shape came about as a convenient way for people to hang the treats from trees. Either way, candy canes didn't gain those festive red and white stripes or even the ...