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Here we’ll cover Labradorite’s physical and chemical properties as well as its characteristics. Labradorite is a feldspar mineral. It belongs to a series known as…
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Living off of the coast of Africa, there are only thirty African (or the West Indian Ocean) coelacanths known to exist today. Despite the rarity of…
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Lodestone is a chunk of magnetite that has become naturally magnetized. The name lodestone comes from the Middle English term “lode” meaning way or journey,…
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Fleas are generally 1.5-3.3mm in length and are usually a dark reddish brown color. Like all insects, they have a segmented body with a head…
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Untold numbers of ancient corpses lay beneath the permafrost in Siberia. Preserved by the icy soil of the region, the genetic material found in the…
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Unakite is a granite that is generally altered with green epidote, pink orthoclase feldspar, and sometimes colorless quartz. If you would like to know the…
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The Savannah cat is an incredible animal that is a mixture of a domesticated cat and a wild cat. Lithe and graceful, decorated with the…
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If the past 100 years or so of biology have taught us anything, it is that human beings are not as unique a species as we…
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Cockroaches are a rapidly reproducing type of bug, as a single female cockroach can lay approximately 30,000 cockroach eggs in a year. This is one…
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The Aventurine stone is a sparkling green quartz. This quartz gets its name for a glistening or shimmering effect this mineral has and that is…
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The Amazonite stone is a green mineral that is named after the Amazon River in South America. This green mineral is known by two names:…
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