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A sample of elbaite (tourmaline group) from the Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares Region, Minas Gerais, Braz.
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Torbern Bergman, detail of an oil painting by Per Krafft; in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm
Torbern Olof Bergman
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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