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Detail from a large photograph I saw hanging in my doctor's waiting room. I was told that the photo was of the inside of a geode.
Taken in Laguna Woods, California. © 2015 All Rights Reserved.
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La Géode is an Omnimax theatre in the Parc de la Villette, in Paris, at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, which is probably the biggest science museum in Europe, a public establishment of an industrial and commercial character specializing in the fostering of scientific and technical culture. This steel sphere with a diameter of 36m, built by the architect Adrien Fainsilber and engineer Gérard Chamayou, consists of 6433 triangles. The building of the science museum can be seen in the reflection.
- Sources: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_G%c3%a9ode,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%c3%a9_des_Sciences_et_de_l'Indu...
If you're interested in the math behind the construction of such a geode, take a look at this Wikipedia article (in French): fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%c3%a9ode
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www.recyclart.org/2013/01/street-art-geode/
This street Art project is called "Urban Geode" and is done by ‘A common Name’ that started in Los Angeles. They created this "Urban Geode" from paper or resin in 3-Dimensional sculpture forms. The finished shapes looks like geodes, crystal, quartz, or any mineral formation. They fit in every little hole of buildings or pipes of urban infrastructures. Behind "A common Name" and "Urban Geode" project, there is Paige Smith, a freelance artist and graphic designer from Los Angeles.
++ More information at A common Name website !
(Parc de la Villette : /Parc de la Villette)
La Geode is an IMAX film theatre equipped with a hemispheric screen of 1000 m2.
It was designed by Adrien Fainsilber and Gérard Chamayou (engineering), Its diameter is 36 and the outer shell consists of 6433 triangular stainless steel elements. Reflected in the Geode you can see the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie : www.cite-sciences.fr/english/indexFLASH.htm
From the rockyard at the Highland Rocks and Gems shop in Burns, Oregon comes this 2.5" wide specimen.
Contains:
Chalcedony (FL Blue-green, Yellow-green >UVa,bc)
Shown under UVc light.
Key:
WL = White light (halogen + LED)
FL = Fluoresces
PHOS = Phosphorescent
Blue = 450nm,
UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)
'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"
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18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps
My first attempt at n oval rug... didn't turn out how I would have liked but it's still pretty cool (;
115 Pictures in 2015. #98 Ancient. Looking into a geode is looking back in time.
A geode I collected back in the dark ages when I studied geology. My notes say ~
flattened on one side, containing limonite [the rusty stuff] and quartz.
Taken at The Regency, Laguna Woods, California. © 2015 All Rights Reserved.
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From www.desertusa.com/desert-prospecting/geode.html ~
Geologists have long been challenged to explain how geodes, those mysterious spherical rocks, are formed. Geodes are a variable phenomenon, which means that they may be created in various different ways. The term geode is derived from the Greek word Geoides which means "earthlike." A geode is a round rock which contains a hollow cavity lined with crystals.
Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals
American Museum of Natural History
"Millions of years ago, in present-day Uruguay, gas bubbles became trapped in magma as it hardened to rock; over time, these cavities morphed into amethyst-quartz-lined geodes"
-- New Yorker
a geode I've had my whole life. I did a macro closeup and played with the colors. These are almost the flickr colors which are in fact my favorite colors :D
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