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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. Bloom (shader effect) - Wikipedia

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    Bloom (sometimes referred to as light bloom or glow) is a computer graphics effect used in video games, demos, and high-dynamic-range rendering (HDRR) to reproduce an imaging artifact of real-world cameras. The effect produces fringes (or feathers) of light extending from the borders of bright areas in an image, contributing to the illusion of ...

  4. 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. ...

  5. Arachnocampa luminosa - Wikipedia

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    Arachnocampa luminosa (Skuse, 1891), commonly known as New Zealand glowworm or simply glowworm, is a species of fungus gnat, and is solely endemic to New Zealand.The larval stage and the imago produce a blue-green bioluminescence. [2]

  6. Glow stick - Wikipedia

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    A glow stick, also known as a light stick, chem light, light wand, light rod, and rave light, is a self-contained, short-term light-source. It consists of a translucent plastic tube containing isolated substances that, when combined, make light through chemiluminescence. The light cannot be turned off and can be used only once.

  7. Glow switch starter - Wikipedia

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    Once the tube strikes, the impinging main discharge keeps the cathodes hot, permitting continued electron emission without the need for the filaments to continue to be heated. The starter switch does not switch on again because the resistance in the tube drops and the voltage across the starter is insufficient to start a glow discharge again. [2]

  8. Microsoft Silverlight - Wikipedia

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    A beta version was made available for download the same day. The final version was released July 9, 2009. Silverlight 3 included more controls [ 86 ] —including DataGrid , TreeView , various layout panels, DataForm for forms-driven applications and DataPager for viewing paginated data.