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Zircon with quartz from Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado
Learn how the earth keeps itself fresh and new and how the chemical properties of zircon determine the age of the earth
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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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Reflections in a diamond. (gem; cut gemstone; optics; refraction)
Cold Stones: 9 Gems That Will Make You Feel Like a Peasant
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Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

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Learn how the earth keeps itself fresh and new and how the chemical properties of zircon determine the age of the earth
The chemical properties of zircon make it a useful tool in determining the age of...
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Zircon with quartz from Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado
Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, photograph, John H. Gerard/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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Zircon crystal from Tocantins, Brazil. The chemical formula of zircon is ZrSiO4;...
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