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Orichalcum or aurichalcum / ˌ ɔːr ɪ ˈ k æ l k ə m / is a metal mentioned in several ancient writings, including the story of Atlantis in the Critias of Plato.Within the dialogue, Critias (460–403 BC) says that orichalcum had been considered second only to gold in value and had been found and mined in many parts of Atlantis in ancient times, but that by Critias's own time, orichalcum ...
This is a list of the larger offshore islands of Europe. In the Atlantic Ocean. Major islands and the island groups of the British Isles (Anglo-Celtic Isles) Great ...
It is found in Europe, North Africa and western Asia. This orchid is native to Western and Central Europe, the Mediterranean region, the Balearic Islands, Turkey, Western Asia, Algeria and Tunisia in North Africa, and Saudi Arabia. [2] [3] It is a perennial herbaceous flower, and can be found in humid pastures, wet meadows and swamps.
The islands provide a natural flyway for migrating landbirds to and from their Arctic breeding grounds and a refuge for windblown vagrants from America and northern Europe. Many species of bird breed in the Western Isles and the surrounding islands, including, most of Britain's corncrakes which breed on the croftlands of all the islands. [1]
Mulkkusaaret (literally translates to Dick Islands or Penis Islands) [1] is a group of three small islands and one rock in lake Oulujärvi in the Paltamo municipality in Finland. The islands are located north of Tevä island, approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) south-southwest from Melalahti village and approximately 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) north ...
The first of the three lands the Greenland Norse found in North America. According to a footnote in Arthur Middleton Reeves 's The Norse Discovery of America (1906), "the whole of the northern coast of America, west of Greenland, was called by the ancient Icelandic geographers Helluland it Mikla , or "Great Helluland"; and the island of ...
Scientists have found what they believe are Europe’s oldest pair of shoes in a Spanish cave network populated by bats.. The discovery of the grass-woven sandals in Cueva de los Murciélagos, or ...
Aurichalcite is a carbonate mineral, usually found as a secondary mineral in copper and zinc deposits. Its chemical formula is (Zn,Cu) 5 (CO 3 ) 2 (OH) 6 . The zinc to copper ratio is about 5:4. [ 3 ]