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    The 1920’s were a good time to be alive--there were handy inventions, plenty of smooth jazz, and flowering economics. During this short decade, the lifestyles of Canadians improved drastically due to the extraordinary new technology, including Band-Aids, accurate clocks, and insulin. Their social lives improved with the new fashions, a newly organised sports industry, and an up-and-coming jazz era. It wasn’t just their personal lives that improved; with the increase in consumerism, industrial growth, and Canada’s international trades the economy also saw drastic improvement. All of these aspects combined to make a wonderful time. This decade saw a boom in technology, providing us with many modern day essentials, including the Band-Aid, quartz…

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    We all know how our world completely changed on that tragic day and how much it tested our resolve. This is why this watch is a symbol of the enduring spirit that is America and what better way to show that and honor those who died but by wearing one of these men 's watches. Made of stainless steel, has quartz movement, a bracelet band with silver and gold tone. The bezel rotates and is white around a royal blue face that stands out with its American flag proudly displayed. It also has three sub…

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    Black Onyx Research Paper

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    A little about onyx before we delve into the value of black onyx. Onyx is a variety of chalcedony, which has bands of white and color. Agate and onyx are similar in that they have bands of white in them. Agate has curved bands while onyx has parallel bands. Black onyx often has stripes of white and black with black being more dominant. Onyx Properties Onyx comes in a variety of colors like red, yellow or blue. It falls under the category of quartz stones, and has a hardness of between 6 and 7…

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    Gissella Fajardo Treasure of the Earth: Gems Nova The title of the documentary that we watched today was “Treasure of the Earth: Gems Nova”. The intended audience is anyone that is interested on learning about gems like rubies, diamonds and sapphires.The purpose of the documentary is to inform the audience about gemstones. I didn’t know specific information about gemstones. During the documentary I learned that near the Earth's surface many gemstones are formed when…

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    A Rock Sample Lab Report

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    “A”, rock sample “B” was also a metamorphic rock. Similar to rock example “A,” rock “B” is a metamorphic rock also, called gneiss. The color scheme of the gneiss provided shows a clear banding of grey and pink coloration with some reddish inclusions. When exposed to the concentrated citric acid solution, there was no trace of calcite. This was evident with no visible chemical reaction; even when using a hand lens for magnification. Much akin to the marble sample, the gneiss has a large and…

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    The following project history is modified from Mitchell (1989), Woodman (2004a, b), Kennedy and Yule (2010), and Yule (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). 1868: E.R. Faribault E.R. Faribault observed gold mineralized rocks in the Salmon River area in 1868. 1880: Mr. George Stewart and Mr. Alex Kent A shaft was sunk into a bedding parallel auriferous quartz vein at the Salmon River property. When mined at depth, this vein was discovered to be a saddle reef-type vein along a fold hinge. 1881-1925: Various…

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    thick layers and goes down to thin layers and has tightly compressed sediments. To why we believe the place was roamed with dinosaur as the Morrison formation is deposited near a flooded river or lake which have soft soil for dinosaur to implant dinosaur prints and the site itself is giving out radioactive which is from carnotite decays to uranium as the dinosaur bones are deposited with this element because its porous property, thus letting the ground water to passed through it. The Morrison…

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    Piemontite

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    vibration, and it helps grow one's happiness, bliss, and self-esteem. Piemontite is related to the Epidote (calcium aluminum iron sorosilicate mineral) group of minerals. It is a borosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Ca2(Al,Mn3+,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH). The coloring of piemontite varies with usually mixtures of black, pink, red, grey, and brown. It is a metaphoric rock created in low temperature hydrothermal veins. It is known was the stone of peace. In moments of foreign turmoil, it…

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    Fordham Gneiss

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    The outcrop featured large garnets, anatexis was observed which shows two generations of garnets, pointing to the fact that there was differential or partial melting taking place (an indicator that it was an amphibolite facies). There was also evidence of a fault; the St. Nicolas fault which brought the Manhattan schist. There were observations of boudins of quartz, which are kinetic indicators of movement and stress on the rocks (Flores, 2016). In the Manhattan schist basaltic intrusions were…

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    and granites were eroding away along with the gneiss and granite in north central Minnesota. This erosion created a lot of quartz, which was eventually turned into quartz sandstone (Ojakangas, and Matsch 1982). These quartz sandstones are the Sioux Quartzite of southwestern Minnesota, the Nopeming quartzite of the Duluth area, and the Puckwunge formation of north-easternmost Minnesota. In other parts of the state, you would have seen a Mid-Continent Rift Forming. The Sioux Quartzite is…

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