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Looking at this photo, you can almost feel the heat. (credit:Lava Ocean Tours) Lava from an ongoing Kilauea eruption entered the ocean early Tuesday, creating photo opportunities for those brave enough to get close. The United State Geographical Survey’s Hawaiian … Continue reading
Types of opalphoto: Amazing Geologist page on facebook Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2?nH2O), Because of its amorphous character, it is classed as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are classed as minerals. It is … Continue reading
Amazing Geologist page on Facebook Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO3. In its (rare) pure form, it is typically a rose-red color, but impure specimens can be shades of pink to pale brown. Rhodochrosite avec Quartz, … Continue reading
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P(ANSA) – Rome, April 16 – Photos and video emerged Wednesday depicting a new episode of alleged police abuse during a demonstration that turned violent on one of the more elegant shopping streets of the Italian capital.BRThe policeman was photographed … Continue reading
PBack to talk about iPhone 6 even before the presentation. The network images leaked by the manufacturers of cases demonstrating the larger shape future devices. They have been published by a user of 9to5Mac, the popular American blog: would have … Continue reading
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-0d8e8b7bf738a9afcc50b54b7942927e.jpg” IMG class=”hide” alt=”‘Foto’ esplosione asimmetrica supernova” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-0d8e8b7bf738a9afcc50b54b7942927e.jpg”(ANSAmed) – Rome, FEB 19 – the first image of an asymmetric supernova explosion offers new elements to the study of these phenomena that spread the blocks of matter and … Continue reading
IMG class=hide alt=”Photos show Bersani at home recovering from brain surgery” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-ab3f8149fc5eba0b051f586073bb3758.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, February 11 – Images of Pier Luigi Bersani, former leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) who suffered a brain aneurysm in early January, were … Continue reading
(By Sandra Cordon) (ANSA) – Rome, December 3 – A dazzling photograph of lightening piercing the February sky above the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica at the same time former Pope Benedict XVI took the historic step of resigning his … Continue reading