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Moonstone cabochon. 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.
Olivine basalt collected from the rim of Hadley Rille by the crew of Apollo 15. Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon.This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon, and rock that has been ejected naturally from the Moon's surface and landed on Earth as meteorites.
In this map of the Observable Universe, objects appear enlarged to show their shape. From left to right celestial bodies are arranged according to their proximity to the Earth. This horizontal (distance to Earth) scale is logarithmic.
Insider went through the archives of three NASA observatories — JWST, Hubble, and Chandra X-ray — to find the most iconic pictures of space.
In 1999, the disc was found buried on the Mittelberg hill near Nebra in Germany. [10] It is dated by archaeologists to c. 1800–1600 BC and attributed to the Early Bronze Age Unetice culture. [11] [12] Various scientific analyses of the disc, the items found with the disc, and the find spot have confirmed the Early Bronze Age dating. [13] [14 ...
Dr. Karla Sofen (also known as Moonstone, Meteorite, and Ms. Marvel) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.She first appeared in Captain America #192 (December 1975), created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Frank Robbins.
Sandakada Pahana, also known as Moonstone, is a unique feature of the architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is an elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances.
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