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"Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in August 1994 as the second single and title track from the album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof. The song reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]
Lustre (British English) or luster (American English; see spelling differences) is the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. The word traces its origins back to the Latin lux , meaning "light", and generally implies radiance, gloss, or brilliance.
The effect of adularescence, also commonly referred to as schiller or shiller, is best described as a milky, bluish luster or glow originating from below the surface of the gemstone. The schiller, appearing to move as the stone is turned (or as the light source is moved), gives the impression of lunar light floating on water (accounting for ...
With the second occurrence of the mineral, it was determined that the specific gravity of the mineral was actually 2.98. [10] Brazilianite has a vitreous luster, has a white streak, and the mineral is translucent to transparent. [7] The color of brazilianite ranges from dark yellow-green to a pale yellow. [6]
The most common moonstone is of the orthoclase feldspar mineral adularia, named for an early mining site near Mt. Adular in Switzerland, now the town of St. Gotthard. [1] [better source needed] A solid solution of the plagioclase feldspar oligoclase +/− the potassium feldspar orthoclase also produces moonstone specimens.
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1994. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1994.
Sheets of muscovite 5 meters × 3 meters (16.5 feet × 10 feet) have been found in Nellore, India. [7] Muscovite has a Mohs hardness of 2–2.25 parallel to the [001] face, 4 perpendicular to the [001] and a specific gravity of 2.76–3. It can be colorless or tinted through grays, violet or red, and can be transparent or translucent.
Andradite is a mineral species of the garnet group.It is a nesosilicate, with formula Ca 3 Fe 2 Si 3 O 12.. Andradite includes three varieties: Colophonite: a historical variety found in the Scandinavian islands, brownish or reddish in color, often opaque or translucent.