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  2. Syenite - Wikipedia

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    Syenite pebbles, containing fluorescent sodalite, were moved from Canada to Michigan by glaciers; [5] these glacial erratic pebbles have been given the trade name "yooperlite". [6] In other parts of the world, these types of rocks are known as sodalite-syenite and occur in Canada, India, other US states, Greenland, Malawi, and Russia. [citation ...

  3. Sodalite - Wikipedia

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    Sodalite (/ ˈ s oʊ. d ə ˌ l aɪ t / SOH-də-lyte) is a tectosilicate mineral with the formula Na 8 (Al 6 Si 6 O 24)Cl 2, with royal blue varieties widely used as an ornamental gemstone. ...

  4. Luvos - Wikipedia

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    Luvos was established by alternative medicine practitioner Adolf Just in Blankenburg in 1918. Previously, Just had founded the Jungborn in 1895, a center for alternative healing, where he had extolled and popularized the healing properties of certain clays.

  5. Medicinal clay - Wikipedia

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    German medicinal clay (Luvos Heilerde) consisting of loess, i.e., a mixture of sand, clay, and silt. The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. Indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is related to geophagy. The first recorded use of medicinal clay goes back to ancient Mesopotamia.

  6. Apophyllite - Wikipedia

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    The name apophyllite refers to a specific group of phyllosilicates, a class of minerals.Originally, the group name referred to a specific mineral, [4] but was redefined in 1978 to stand for a class of minerals of similar chemical makeup that comprise a solid solution series, and includes the members fluorapophyllite-(K), fluorapophyllite-(Na), hydroxyapophyllite-(K).

  7. Natural resources of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    Quartz sand for glass production was found in Gobustan, Absheron peninsula and Guba region. There are chemical paints in Dashkesen, Shamakhi, Kalbajar and Khanlar districts. The mud with medical treatment properties is located in the Absheron Peninsula, Masazir Lake, Gobustan and Lower Kura, and in areas where mud volcano outbursts are pervasive.

  8. Magnesium silicide - Wikipedia

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    The reaction of powdered sand with magnesium powder. It can be produced by heating silicon dioxide, SiO 2, found in sand, with excess magnesium. The process first forms silicon metal and magnesium oxide, and, if an excess of SiO 2 is used, then elemental silicon is formed: 2 Mg + SiO 2 → 2 MgO + Si

  9. Jacobsville Sandstone - Wikipedia

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    Jacobsville Sandstone is generally red, due to small quantities of iron oxides, mottled with various pinks, whites and browns. [14] The sandstone exhibits many white streaks and spherical spots, caused by leaching and bleaching, which form sharp boundaries with surrounding colors.