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Top grade Chrysocolla gem silica, a new find of natural, more durable,stable, unique,good colored and highly translucent material on this planet ever seen.
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A photo of the Gem Bottling location in Wellston. Ski Citrus Soda is bottled here, along with Gem Cream Soda. Also pictured is the truck.
Always tempting to eat all the icing and leave the biscuit part behind. See blog post at The Food Pornographer www.thefoodpornographer.com/2010/10/27/little-gems-and-bi...
San Sperate, a gem nestled in the heart of Sardinia, is known as a "Museum Town" or "Art Village" for a very good reason. Strolling through its silent streets, you immerse yourself in a unique artistic atmosphere, where every corner tells a story and every house is a canvas.
Colourful murals adorn the whitewashed walls of the houses, the result of the talent of local and international artists. Among the most famous works are the "Pietre Sonore" (Sounding Stones) by Pinuccio Sciola, masterfully carved stone sculptures that, when struck, emit a different sound depending on their shape.
San Sperate is not just an open-air museum, but also a place where art lives and breathes. Art galleries, artisan workshops and creative laboratories dot the village, offering visitors the opportunity to admire works of art, learn about traditional artistic techniques and even try their hand at creative activities.
Whether you are an art lover or simply looking for a charming place to spend a day, San Sperate will not disappoint you. Let yourself be enchanted by its beauty and immerse yourself in its unique atmosphere.
San Sperate, un gioiello situato nel cuore della Sardegna, è conosciuto come "Città Museo" o "Art Village" per un motivo ben preciso. Passeggiando per le sue strade silenziose, ci si immerge in un'atmosfera artistica unica, dove ogni angolo racconta una storia e ogni casa è una tela.
Murales variopinti adornano i muri bianchi delle abitazioni, frutto del talento di artisti locali e internazionali. Tra le opere più famose troviamo le "Pietre Sonore" di Pinuccio Sciola, sculture in pietra maestralmente intagliate che, se percosse, emettono un suono diverso a seconda della forma.
San Sperate non è solo un museo a cielo aperto, ma anche un luogo dove l'arte vive e respira. Gallerie d'arte, botteghe artigiane e laboratori creativi costellano il paese, offrendo ai visitatori l'opportunità di ammirare opere d'arte, conoscere le tecniche artistiche tradizionali e persino cimentarsi in attività creative.
Che siate appassionati d'arte o semplicemente alla ricerca di un luogo suggestivo dove trascorrere una giornata, San Sperate non vi deluderà. Lasciatevi incantare dalla sua bellezza e immergetevi nella sua atmosfera unica.
Kaleetan (left) and Roosevelt Mountain (center-right) behind.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
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Precious opal in ironstone concretion from the Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia. (5.8 cm across at its widest)
A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are over 5900 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.
The silicates are the most abundant and chemically complex group of minerals. All silicates have silica as the basis for their chemistry. "Silica" refers to SiO2 chemistry. The fundamental molecular unit of silica is one small silicon atom surrounded by four large oxygen atoms in the shape of a triangular pyramid - this is the silica tetrahedron - SiO4. Each oxygen atom is shared by two silicon atoms, so only half of the four oxygens "belong" to each silicon. The resulting formula for silica is thus SiO2, not SiO4.
Opal is hydrous silica (SiO2·nH2O). Technically, opal is not a mineral because it lacks a crystalline structure. Opal is supposed to be called a mineraloid. Opal is made up of extremely tiny spheres (colloids - www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/acstalks/acscolor/OPALSPHR.jpg) that can be seen with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Gem-quality opal, or precious opal, has a wonderful rainbow play of colors (opalescence). This play of color is the result of light being diffracted by planes of voids between large areas of regularly packed, same-sized opal colloids. Different opalescent colors are produced by colloids of differing sizes. If individual colloids are larger than 140 x 10-6 mm in size, purple & blue & green colors are produced. Once colloids get as large as about 240 x 10-6 mm, red color is seen (Carr et al., 1979).
Not all opals have the famous play of colors, however. Common opal has a wax-like luster & is often milky whitish with no visible color play at all. Opal is moderately hard (H = 5 to 6), has a white streak, and has conchoidal fracture.
Several groups of organisms make skeletons of opaline silica, for example hexactinellid sponges, diatoms, radiolarians, silicoflagellates, and ebridians. Some organisms incorporate opal into their tissues, for example horsetails/scouring rushes and sawgrass. Sometimes, fossils are preserved in opal or precious opal.
Australia has a relatively high number of precious opal deposits. The sample shown above is from Queensland. The opal itself is hosted in an ironstone concretion from the mid-Cretaceous-aged Winton Formation, a unit that outcrops throughout much of western, southwestern, and southern Queensland.
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Photo gallery of opal:
www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=3004
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Reference cited:
Carr et al. (1979) - Andamooka opal fields: the geology of the precious stones field and the results of the subsidised mining program. Geological Survey of South Australia Department of Mines and Energy Report of Investigations 51. 68 pp.
Each time I made a large gem casting I had several smaller ones left over. This allowed me to play with dyes and eventually get the look I was after.
Maker: Leonida Caldesi (1823-1891) and Mattia Montecchi
Born: UK
Active: UK
Medium: albumen print
Size: 4 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in
Location:
Object No. 2022.118
Shelf: L-8
Publication: Caldesi and Montecchi, Photographs of the "Gems of the Art Treasures Exhibition," Manchester, 1857, Ancient Series, P. & D. Colnaghi , London, 1858. pl 24
Other Collections: Getty Museum, Royal Collection Trust, NYPL, British Library, National Gallery of Art, Ransom Center. LOC
Provenance: art delicacy
Rank: 150
Notes: Photograph of an engraving depicting the Virgin Mary, Joseph, the Christ Child and an infant St. John the Baptist seated beneath palm trees. After Mercantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534). Aka The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist 1515-1525 An engraving reproducing a composition traditionally known as The Madonna of the Palm Tree, probably after a lost design by Raphael related to the so-called Madonna del Divino Amore (c.1516), a painting now in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples (inv. no.146), the execution of which is attributed to Raphael’s workshop. Signed with empty tablet at lower left. Showing the Virgin seating on the ground with St Elizabeth at her side and holding the Christ Child on her legs, who blesses the Young St John the Baptist who kneels down before Him; in a landscape.
The Art Treasures exhibition in Manchester mounted during the summer of 1857 was the first large public exhibition of works of art from private collections in England, and included many works lent by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Originally published in 5 volumes, each volume containing 50 salt prints and albumen prints from collodion negatives, 22 x 29 cm and smaller, with printed captions on the mounts. Late in 1858 the work was condensed in a 2 volume set of 100 photographs each, divided into Ancient Art and Modern Art, and each having a printed title page and printed dedication 'To His Royal Highness Prince Albert. This is Volume One which contains 100 photographs mostly of paintings, by Old Masters such as Raphael, Guido Reni, Holbein and Van Dyck, some miniatures and prints, as well as a photograph of the Cellini Shield. Volume Two, the Modern Series, shows paintings by contemporary masters from the mid-19th century.
Leonida Caldesi (1823-1891) was born in Florence, Italy and arrived in England as a political refugee around 1850. He came to be acknowledged by contemporaries as one of the foremost photographers of fine art and society portraiture from the 1850's to the 1870's. He had a number of short-term professional partners including Mattia Montecchi (1858-59), Ernest Blandford (1861-62) and Lombardi, though throughout his career he maintained a business relationship with the print publisher and art dealers Paul and Dominic Colnaghi.
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Top grade Chrysocolla gem silica, a new find of natural, more durable,stable, unique,good colored and highly translucent material on this planet ever seen.
Gems est une compilation de chansons du groupe de hard rock américain Aerosmith paru en 1988. C'est la première compilation du groupe depuis Greatest Hits en 1980. L'album inclut la version studio de "Chip Away The Stone " un classique des live du groupe
Aerosmith est un groupe de rock américain, originaire de Boston, dans le Massachusetts. Formé en 1970, ses membres sont parfois appelés « Les Bad Boys de Boston ». Son style hard rock, typique des années 1970, enraciné dans le blues, en est venu à également intégrer des éléments de pop, de métal et de rhythm and blues et a inspiré de nombreux artistes de rock et de métal ultérieur.
Aerosmith est l'un des groupes de rock qui a connu le plus de succès, avec 150 millions d'albums vendus dans le monde, dont 67 millions aux États-Unis. Il détient le record du plus grand nombre de disques d'or et multi-platine pour un groupe américain. Les membres du groupe ont placé 21 hits au Top 40, dans le Billboard Hot 100 et 9 hits no 1 au Mainstream Rock. Ils ont également remporté 4 Grammy Awards et 10 MTV Video Music Awards (catégorie dont ils sont les recordmen). Ils ont été intronisés au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame en 2001 et ont été classés 57e parmi les 100 plus grands artistes de tous les temps du magazine Rolling Stone en 2005.
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "the Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. They were formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. Guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with vocalist/pianist/harmonicist Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. In 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston.
They were signed to Columbia Records in 1972, and released a string of gold and platinum albums, beginning with their 1973 eponymous debut album, followed by Get Your Wings in 1974. In 1975, the band broke into the mainstream with the album Toys in the Attic, and their 1976 follow-up Rocks cemented their status as hard rock superstars. Two additional albums followed in 1977 and 1979. Their first five albums have since attained multi-platinum status. Throughout the 1970s, the band toured extensively and charted a dozen Hot 100 singles. By the end of the decade, they were among the most popular hard rock bands in the world and developed a loyal following of fans, often referred to as the "Blue Army". However, drug addiction and internal conflict took their toll on the band, which led to the departures of Perry and Whitford in 1979 and 1981, respectively; they were replaced by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay. The band did not fare well between 1980 and 1984, releasing the album Rock in a Hard Place, which was certified gold but failed to match their previous successes.
Aerosmith is the best-selling American hard rock band of all time
Rats In The Cellar 4:06 Steven Tyler & Joe Perry (de l'album Rocks)
Lick And A Promise 3:05 Steven Tyler & Joe Perry (de l'album Rocks)
Chip Away The Stone* 4:01 Richie Supa
No Surprize 4:25 Steven Tyler and Joe Perry (de l'album Night in the Ruts)
Mama Kin 4:27 Steven Tyler ( de l'album Aerosmith)
Adam’s Apple 4:34 Steven Tyler ( de l'album Toys in the Attic)
Nobody’s Fault 4:16 Steven Tyler & Brad Whitford (de l'album Rocks)
Round And Round 5:00 Steven Tyler & Brad Whitford (de l'album Toys in the Attic)
Critical Mass 4:53 S. Tyler, T. Hamilton, Jack Douglas (de l'album Draw the Line)
Lord Of The Thighs 4:14 Steven Tyler (de l'album Get Your Wings)
Jailbait 4:38 Steven Tyler and Jimmy Crespo (de l'album Rock in a Hard Place)
Train Kept A Rollin’ 5:33 T. Bradshaw, L. Mann, H. Kay ( de l'album Get Your Wings)
Steven Tyler: Chant, Harmonica, Piano
Joe Perry : Guitare Solo
Brad Whitford: Guitare Rythmique
Tom Hamilton: Basse
Joey Kramer: Batterie
Jimmy Crespo : Guitare solo (uniquement sur la piste 11)
Rick Dufay: Guitare Rythmique (uniquement sur la piste 11)
I am like a magpie when it comes to all things sparkly and I adore costume jewellery. For this Spoonflower contest, in conjunction with LainSnow swimwear brand, I thought of a beautiful and glamorous gem garden! In my design, you will see a mix of freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones and enamel flowers. I wanted to create a garden where the viewer can feel like they are looking into a magical, fairy-tale world. The colours I chose for the print are inspired by those found in nature and I have a few colourways in this collection. I am really pleased with this and hope you like it! Soon I will be adding gem garden border prints. Available as fabric and wallpaper on Spoonflower. Please contact me on large print runs on other fabrics, from silk to leather. www.spoonflower.com/collections/586124-gem-garden-by-kociara
Gem Chrysocolla, natural, durable, stable, unique, colored by traces of copper and exceptionally translucent material.
Foto que Gema me pidió que le editara.
Fotografía original:
www.flickr.com/photos/60676670@N03/5638218088/in/photostream
Están tocadas las curvas, un par de iluminaciones selectivas, y algo de sobreexposición en determinadas zonas.
A blue gem surrounded by transparent crystals.
When the guys made the gem, they moulded it and as a result, you can see their fingerprints on the gem.
This image is supposed to represent a cavern full of precious stones and gems.
Another view of Gem Lake, from the far end, shooting back towards where the last shot was taken. This is a shallow lake, and the area in the foreground is very much like a beach.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
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GEM Travel's Volvo B10M/Jonckheere Mistral, S596 KJF, which carries the company's corporate livery, is pictured here whilst partaking in the Bus Enthusiast Depot Tours' "Sunday Afternoon Gems" Running Day. 29/10/17
The former Gem cinema, Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk. Built in 1908, it was one the country's earliest cinemas and the town's first. At the time, the authorities insisted that men sit on one side and ladies the other. (Not such a good idea for a date then!) In the 1940s the building became the Windmill Theatre. It is now some sort of amusement arcade and miniature golf course. I wonder just how adventurous indoor golf can be.