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Riebeckite (of the crocidolite variety) from South Africa.
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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.
(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones
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Earth from space. Full-hemisphere views of the Earth showing Hurricane Linda at its peak approaching Baja California on 1997 September 11.
What Is Earth’s Velocity?
Solar system illustration. (planets; sun)
Why Are Planets Round?
Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles
Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?
Astronomical Observatory of the Mojon del Trigo. Long exposure using the star trail technique. Sierra Nevada National Park, in the province of Granada, Andalusia.
Is Earth Going to Change the Direction in Which It Rotates?
Solar system illustration. (Sun; planets)
A Model of the Cosmos
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The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration
Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?
Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar
Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland
The Largest Islands in the World
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

riebeckite: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery - The Mineral Riebeckite. Jan 07, 2019
Table revised and restyled. Nov 26, 2008
Added new Web site: Mindat.org - Riebeckite. Jul 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Glendale Community College - Riebeckite. Jul 21, 2008
Added new Web site: The Mineral Gallery - Riebeckite. Jul 21, 2008
Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries - The Mineral Riebeckite. May 26, 2008
Added new Web site: Scandinavian mineral gallery - Riebeckite. Oct 10, 2007
Added new Web site: Mineralogy Database - Riebeckite. Jun 12, 2007
Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery - The Mineral Riebeckite. Jun 12, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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