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Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.40 — 8,706 ratings — published 2011
A Rock Is Lively (Family Treasure Nature Encylopedias)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,622 ratings — published 2012
DK Adventures: Awesome Rocks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 3.89 — 9 ratings — published 2015
A Color Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 3.89 — 66 ratings — published 1994
I'm Trying to Love Rocks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 4.14 — 306 ratings — published
Ore Petrology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1972
Petrology: The Study of Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 3.91 — 35 ratings — published 1994
A Textbook of Geology (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 3.97 — 116 ratings — published
Geology (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 3.59 — 27 ratings — published 1878
Large Igneous Provinces (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2014
Thuggin In Miami (The Family Is Made : Part 1)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 3.62 — 333 ratings — published 2012
Laboratory handbook of petrographic techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1974
Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 3.79 — 38 ratings — published 1995
Igneous petrology (McGraw-Hill international series in the earth and planetary sciences)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 1974
The Interpretation of Igneous Rocks (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as petrology)
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 1979
“It would be convenient if one could redesign the past, change a few things here and there, like certain acts of outrageous stupidity, but if one could do that, the past would always be in motion. It would never settle down finally to days of solid marble.”
― An Unfortunate Woman
― An Unfortunate Woman
“And you'll be able to tell whether or not this is an opal?"
"According to the baron's instructions, it should have a transparent or white body tone, then we must look at the background color, a slight tinge of color, like a spark of fire." Stefan gave a satisfied grunt and held it up to the light. "It has a wonderful luster and a play of color."
Della peered over his shoulder. "Where do they come from? How are they made?"
"Mother Nature at her best. Unique conditions first. Heavy seasonal rains in parched desert regions where the ground is rich in silica."
"What's sillyka?"
"A colorless chemical compound, one of the most common elements on earth after oxygen."
"Then what makes this so special? You'd think we trip over them all over the place. I ain't never seen one."
"Because the conditions must be just right. Rainwater trickles down into the earth and carries silica-rich solutions into the cavities between the rocks. Then hot summers dry the earth, and as the water evaporates the silica stays in place, and over millions of years the opals form. The purity, intensity, and brilliance of color increases the deeper the rock is penetrated."
"Before it just looked like a dirty white pebble."
"You're right. The actual color is a pearl gray; sometimes you see a little pale-red or yellow tint, but with reflected light it presents all the colors of the rainbow.”
― The Woman in the Green Dress
"According to the baron's instructions, it should have a transparent or white body tone, then we must look at the background color, a slight tinge of color, like a spark of fire." Stefan gave a satisfied grunt and held it up to the light. "It has a wonderful luster and a play of color."
Della peered over his shoulder. "Where do they come from? How are they made?"
"Mother Nature at her best. Unique conditions first. Heavy seasonal rains in parched desert regions where the ground is rich in silica."
"What's sillyka?"
"A colorless chemical compound, one of the most common elements on earth after oxygen."
"Then what makes this so special? You'd think we trip over them all over the place. I ain't never seen one."
"Because the conditions must be just right. Rainwater trickles down into the earth and carries silica-rich solutions into the cavities between the rocks. Then hot summers dry the earth, and as the water evaporates the silica stays in place, and over millions of years the opals form. The purity, intensity, and brilliance of color increases the deeper the rock is penetrated."
"Before it just looked like a dirty white pebble."
"You're right. The actual color is a pearl gray; sometimes you see a little pale-red or yellow tint, but with reflected light it presents all the colors of the rainbow.”
― The Woman in the Green Dress
