query: where can granite be found in the world

pos: Granite than 10% orthoclase, it is called tonalite; pyroxene and amphibole are common in tonalite. A granite containing both muscovite and biotite micas is called a binary or "two-mica" granite. Two-mica granites are typically high in potassium and low in plagioclase, and are usually S-type granites or A-type granites. A worldwide average of the chemical composition of granite, by weight percent, based on 2485 analyses: Granite containing rock is widely distributed throughout the continental crust. Much of it was intruded during the Precambrian age; it is the most abundant basement rock that underlies the relatively thin sedimentary veneer of the continents.

neg: Building material for early settlers. Circular huts were constructed from loose granite rocks throughout the Neolithic and early Bronze Age, and the remains of an estimated 5,000 can still be seen today. Granite continued to be used throughout the Medieval period (see Dartmoor longhouse) and into modern times. Slate is another stone type, commonly used as roofing material in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world where it is found. Stone buildings can be seen in most major cities; some civilizations built entirely with stone such as the Egyptian and Aztec pyramids and the structures of the Inca civilization. Thatch

neg: Amazonite obtained almost exclusively from the area of Miass in the Ilmensky Mountains, 50 miles southwest of Chelyabinsk, Russia, where it occurs in granitic rocks. Amazonite also occurs in granitic rocks in Jabal Eghei in the Tibesti Mountains, Libya, and in the Baishitouquan granite intrusion in Xinjiang, China. More recently, high-quality crystals have been obtained from Pike's Peak, Colorado, where it is found associated with smoky quartz, orthoclase, and albite in a coarse granite or pegmatite. Crystals of amazonite can also be found in Crystal Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Other locations in the United States which yield amazonite include the

neg: Tourmaline red stones can be lightened by careful heat treatment. The pink color in manganese-containing near-colorless to pale pink stones can be greatly increased by irradiation with gamma-rays or electron beams. Irradiation is almost impossible to detect in tourmalines, and does not, currently, affect the value. Heavily included tourmalines, such as rubellite and Brazilian paraiba, are sometimes clarity-enhanced. A clarity-enhanced tourmaline (especially the paraiba variety) is worth much less than a non-treated gem. Tourmaline is found in granite and granite pegmatites and in metamorphic rocks such as schist and marble. Schorl and lithium-rich tourmalines are usually found in granite and granite

neg: Asplenium bradleyi occasionally along the Ohio Valley to the Ozarks and Ouachitas, where it is found in Missouri, Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma. Populations in Maryland and New York are considered historical. Populations are generally scattered in the Appalachians, but more frequent in the Ozarks and Ouachitas. "Asplenium bradleyi" can be found on steep, acidic rocks from altitudes of . Sandstone is a common substrate, but it can also be found on schist, gneiss, granite, or other acidic rocks. Like "A. montanum", the soil formed when these rocks weather must be subacid (pH 4.5–5.0) to mediacid (pH 3.5–4.0) to support "A. bradleyi"; it

neg: Black Mountain (Maricopa County, Arizona) phyllite peak of the western side. The two units meet as a saddle between the twin peaks of meta-argillite/phyllite and granite. Along the contact on the eastern side of the mountain, clasts of pelitic schist can be found embayed in the large-grained granite. The granite at the contact is gray in color, having been discolored by the sedimentary rock during emplacement. Clasts of smaller grained granite are also found in the large-grained granite. The meta-sedimentary rock along with the granite batholith that forms Black Mountain are remnants of what laid hidden beneath a sea and underground, that are now exposed

neg: Lecanora muralis the "Lecanora" genus found growing on rocks (saxicolous). It grows on rock including basalt, pumice, rhyolite, granite, sandstone, and limestone. Sometimes it can be found growing on bark. It may be tightly or loosely attached to the substrate. It grows all over the world including in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Macaronesia, Oceania, and Australasia. In California, it may be the most common member of the "Lecanora" genus found growing on rocks (saxicolous). In the Sonoran Desert it is found from southern California to both north and south Baja California, and through Arizona to Sonora, Mexico, at elevation

neg: Thomas Hiscock gold. However, the discovery of gold "did" halt the exodus of men from the newly established colony into neighbouring New South Wales, where gold had also been discovered earlier in the year. Following his death, an obelisk of granite was erected near the spot where Hiscock found gold. The obelisk proclaimed him to be the first discoverer of gold in Victoria; which although not strictly correct, may be argued to be an acceptable overstatement, considering the stimululation the discovery provided to Victoria during its early development era. The proclamation reads: Hiscock's obelisk can be found about eight kilometres (4.97 miles)

neg: Fish Hoek Valley south. The valley has several rivers and lakes. The predominant vegetation type in this valley is endangered Hangklip Sand Fynbos. However, the sides of the valley are home to Cape Granite Fynbos, and Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos can be found higher up on the surrounding mountains. The latter two vegetation types (also both endangered) are endemic to the Cape Peninsula and can be found nowhere else in the world. Fish Hoek Valley was once rural, but today it is largely covered by suburbs and townships such as Kommetjie, Ocean View, Noordhoek, The Lakes, Masiphumelele, Capri Village, Sunnydale, Sun Valley, Fish Hoek,

neg: Newlands Forest endangered Granite Fynbos and Peninsula Shale Fynbos, in an area that also originally supported large indigenous forests. In the late 1800s, much of the indigenous forests were felled, and the fynbos cleared, to make way for commercial pine plantations, which still remain and account for the remainder of the land. This is an endangered vegetation type, which can still be found on the southern edges of Newlands Forest. This ecosystem is endemic to the city of Cape Town and occurs nowhere else in the world. Existing only on the Cape Granite Formation, it naturally assumes the form of medium-dense tree

neg: Cape Fold Belt on the Cape Peninsula it is only 60–70 m thick. No fossils have been found in the Graafwater rocks, but shallow-water animal tracks have been found. A particularly good example of these tracks can be viewed in the foyer of Geology Department of the University of Stellenbosch, where a slab of Graafwater rock from the Cederberg mountains has been built into the wall. The cutting for Chapman’s Peak Drive, on the Cape Peninsula, is carved into the Graafwater Formation which overlays the Cape Granite basement rock below the road. The Graafwater Formation can also be clearly seen in the cutting

neg: Leucospermum grandiflorum common name “rainbow pincushion” is also used for the Cactaceae "Mammillaria rhodantha". The grey-leaf fountain pincushion can be found in a vegetation type called Boland Granite Fynbos, in the hills around Durbanville, on Paarl mountain, on the Paardeberg near Malmesbury, Malmesbury, and a few isolated spots in the Berg River valley, where it threatened to go extinct in the 1970s. The species mostly grows on clayey soils produced by the weathering of Cape Granite, but occasionally occurs on Tertiary sand sitting on top of Malmesbury gravel. It prospers in hot, dry and exposed habitats, often in facing north, with other

neg: Caunes-Minervois being distorted and overlain with ocean sediments, which in turn have been involved in massive tectonic events. The changes to sedimentary deposits due to intense pressure and temperature effects have given rise to metamorphic rocks such as schist, gneiss & the economically important marble. Granite outcrops can also be found relatively close (10 km) to Caunes adding complexity to the geology. It is expected that groundwater percolating though the acidic granite provides much of the soft water to the l’Argent Double in an area where hard water is more usual. South, away from the metamorphic rocks of the mountains yet

neg: Cornubian batholith Muscovite, Biotite, Tourmaline and Topaz granites, each named for their distinguishing mineral(s). The two-mica and muscovite granites are older, and can be found in the Carnmenellis, Bodmin and Isles of Scilly, whereas the younger biotite and tourmaline granites are found within the Land's End, St. Austell and Dartmoor plutons. Topaz granites outcrop within the Tregonning, Land's End and St Austell plutons. This is the largest exposed area of granite which also forms the easternmost development of the batholith. The granite consists of two main types, coarse-grained granite with abundant large alkali feldspar megacrysts and coarse-grained granite with few megacrysts. To

neg: Pachypodium habitats In African, "P. namaquanum" can grow on three substrates: granite, quartzite, and sand. The other species likewise can be found on myriad, various substrates: limestone, granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite, sand, schist, tert calcareous, sandy soils, basalt, and sandy loam in Madagascar. In Africa, the substrate ranges from: quartzite, sandstone, clay, gravel, sandy soil, dolomite, granite, schist, basalt, limestone, rhylite, and dolerite. The more adaptable the taxon is to substrate seems to be indication of how specialized the species is within its habitat in the landscape and climate. "Rapanarivo et al." sampled only half of the sites in Madagascar for pH

neg: Bodmin Moor Neolithic or early Bronze Age ceremonial site, can be found to the east of St Breward on the moor. Where practicable, areas of the moor were used for pasture by herdsmen from the parishes surrounding the moor. Granite boulders were also taken from the moor and used for stone posts and to a certain extent for building (such material is known as moorstone). Granite quarrying only became reasonably productive when gunpowder became available. The moor gave its name (Foweymore) to one of the medieval districts called stannaries which administered tin mining: the boundaries of these were never defined precisely. Until

neg: Lorence G. Collins uranium, during the conversion of these rocks into granite by chemical replacement processes, the open system allows radon gas to migrate in fluids to where biotite is being crystallized or recrystallized and where polonium isotopes derived from the nearby radioactive radon can precipitate in the biotite lattice. Therefore, the three different kinds of Po halos can form naturally in biotite during thousands (or millions) of years while deformation and chemical replacements are occurring without any requirement for instantaneous crystallization on Day Three. "In all these places where Po halos in biotite crystals occur, Collins has found myrmekite to be associated

neg: Granite Trango Towers), the Fitzroy Massif, Patagonia, Baffin Island, Ogawayama, the Cornish coast, the Cairngorms, Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Stawamus Chief, British Columbia, Canada. Granite rock climbing is so popular that many of the artificial rock climbing walls found in gyms and theme parks are made to look and feel like granite. Granite Granite () is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture. Granites can be predominantly white, pink, or gray in color, depending on their mineralogy. The word "granite" comes from the Latin "granum", a grain, in

neg: Ctenophorus ornatus Ctenophorus ornatus Ctenophorus ornatus, the ornate crevice-dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. It is found on granite outcrops of Western Australia. The species is a member of a diverse genus, "Ctenophorus", that contains a group known as rock dragons. It can be distinguished from the others by its greatly flattened body, around 290 mm, with a snout-to-vent length of 95 mm, and a distinctly banded tail. "Ctenophorus ornatus" is common on granite outcrops, where it shelters under slabs and boulders, especially in undisturbed areas. When out in the open, often basking on warm rocks, it displays

neg: Kitay-gorod (Moscow Metro) lamps. The walls are faced with bright marble and the floor with gray granite. The eastern hall is nicknamed "Garmoshka" (Garmon), because of its pylons (faced with yellowish marble) which look like a stretched accordion parallel to the length of the hall. The walls are faced with a greyish marble and the floor with bright granite. Heritage of the station's original name, Ploshchad Nogina, can still be found midway in the transfer passage, where a bust of Viktor Nogin (sculptor Shlykov) still stands. The station serves northbound trains heading towards Medvedkovo and Planernaya come via the eastern platform and southbound

neg: Paser (vizier) monuments and from statuary. His tomb (TT106) is described below. A stamped brick (Museo Arch. Nazionale/Museo Egizio) can be found on the Global Egyptian Museum Site. The text reads: Monuments naming Paser come from all over Egypt. There are a handful of items for which the provenance is unknown. For instance, a grey-granite statue holding a stela belongs to Paser, as does a black granite squatting statue now in the British Museum (BM 510). Wilbour reports seeing a statue of Paser at Tell Roba. For other objects we do know where they were from and some of these are outlined

neg: Geology of the Iberian Peninsula occur. One comes from the middle crust and is high in felspar and low in Calcium, and the other kind comes from the lower crust mixed with mantle magmas, and is a calcalkaline granite. The first kind of granite is subdivided into granodiorite and muscovite-biotite leucogranite (two mica granites). The granodiorite can be found at Finisterre, western Salamanca, Zamora, Gredos, Aracena. The two mica leucogranites can be found at Friol, Porto-Viseu, Moncorvo-Vila Real, Vigo, Finisterre, Gil Ibarguchi, La Guardia and also near Salamanca. Most of the granites are 318 Ma to 319 Ma. But some are from 340 Ma. The

neg: Bossiaea aquifolium en masse. Seeds produced are small and for every one gram there are approximately 70 seeds. The species was first described by the botanist George Bentham in 1864 in the journal "Flora Australiensis". It is found in the Jarrah Forest and Warren IBRA regions in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it grows in clay or loam soils over laterite or granite. It is a common understorey shrub in forested areas where Jarrah and Marri trees are found. It can be cultivated from seed and prefers a light to medium well-drained moist soil in a

neg: Ythaq: The Forsaken World Granite Welgoat, young and innocent technician Narvarth Bodyssey, and rich, beautiful and manipulative lady passenger Callista DeSargamore. They are trying to leave the planet and find if there are any other survivors, several of them found indeed. It turns out that some of marooned can control one of the four elements. Eventually it turned out that Ythaq is the range for the "game of Ythes", where major powers of the galaxy play for centuries. Issue 9 "The Impossible Truth ", where this revelation was made, appeared to tie all loose ends and end the story lines, so it looked like

neg: Peninsula Granite Fynbos Peninsula Granite Fynbos Peninsula Granite Fynbos is an endangered Fynbos vegetation type which is endemic to the city of Cape Town and occurs nowhere else. It is a unique type of tall, dense and diverse scrubland, scattered with trees. It can be found all along the belt of granite that encircles Table Mountain. This unique vegetation type occurs only within the city of Cape Town, particularly in a band that encircles the Table Mountain range – following the stratum of the Cape Granite Suite. It occurs from Lion's Head in the north, to Hout Bay and Muizenberg in the south.

neg: Peninsula Granite Fynbos the plants that are endemic to this vegetation type and occur nowhere else are: A related vegetation type is Boland Granite Fynbos, a vulnerable fynbos type that occurs to the east. Peninsula Granite Fynbos Peninsula Granite Fynbos is an endangered Fynbos vegetation type which is endemic to the city of Cape Town and occurs nowhere else. It is a unique type of tall, dense and diverse scrubland, scattered with trees. It can be found all along the belt of granite that encircles Table Mountain. This unique vegetation type occurs only within the city of Cape Town, particularly in a band

neg: Ivybridge peak can be seen from almost anywhere in the town. It is above sea level and above the town. There is also an area of woodland called Longtimber Woods to the north of the town, which attracts many walkers along its riverside path. The geology of Ivybridge is varied. Throughout most of the town the rock is Old Red Sandstone (sedimentary) from the Devonian period. To the north of the town Granite can be found as it is situated on the slopes of Dartmoor – a large pre-volcanic area of Granite. Along the River Erme large boulders and rocks can

neg: Candelariella vitellina metabolites. In California, it prefers growing on granite, but can also be found on wood (rarely on bark) and other kinds of rock. "Candelariella vitellina" looks like a miniature version of "C. rosulans". It can be distinguished by "C. vitanela" having a visible exciple (the rim around the apothecia disc), which "C. rosulans" does not have. It is usually much larger and thicker than the similar "C. lutella". Candelariella vitellina Candelariella vitellina is a common and widespread green-yellow to orange-yellow crustose areolate lichen that grows on rock, wood, and bark, all over the world. It grows on non-calcareous rock, wood,

neg: Stone Mountain a result of misrepresentation by granite companies and early park administration. Stone Mountain, though often called a pink granite dome, actually ranges in composition from quartz monzonite to granite and granodiorite. The minerals within the rock include quartz, plagioclase feldspar, microcline and muscovite, with smaller amounts of biotite and tourmaline. The tourmaline is mostly black in color, and the majority of it exists as optically continuous skeletal crystals, but much larger, euhedral pegmatitic tourmaline crystals can also be found in the mountain's numerous, cross-cutting felsic dikes. Embedded in the granite are xenoliths or pieces of foreign rocks entrained in the

neg: Redstone, New Hampshire employed at Redstone, shipping six to nine railroad cars of rough granite daily. Redstone granite can be found in many old station buildings of the Boston & Maine Railroad. In its heyday, the quarry at Redstone had more than twenty derricks in operation. Huge slabs of red, pink, or green granite were shipped near and far with the Boston & Maine railroad, whose cars went directly into the quarry for loading. You could say the growth of the quarry matched the growth of the railroad line, as each new train station was built with Redstone granite. New Hampshire granites were

neg: Canyoning navigational, route-finding and other wilderness travel skills. Canyons that are ideal for canyoning are often cut into the bedrock stone, forming narrow gorges with numerous drops, beautifully sculpted walls, and sometimes spectacular waterfalls. Most canyons are cut into limestone, sandstone, granite or basalt, though other rock types are found. Canyons can be very easy or extremely difficult, though emphasis in the sport is usually on aesthetics and fun rather than pure difficulty. A wide variety of canyoning routes are found throughout the world, and canyoning is enjoyed by people of all ages and skill levels. Canyoning gear includes climbing hardware,

neg: Eucalyptus laeliae the names of one of the vestal virgins. The species is found on hills and amongst granite outcrops along the west coast in the Peel and South West regions of Western Australia between Kalamunda in the north, Wandering to the east and Capel to the south where it grows in sandy-clay-loam soils. The tree can be bought commercially as a seedling or as seeds. It grows well in full sun in a range of well drained soil types. It can be susceptible "leaf blister", a form of insect attack. Eucalyptus laeliae Eucalyptus laeliae, commonly known as the Darling Range ghost

neg: Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region flowed into these intrusive centers, it tended to form a circular masses of rock with concentric rings of varying composition that look something like a bulls eye. The granite in the intrusive centers is different from the original granite, with higher concentrations of rare elements and more exotic minerals. Some of the best mineral collecting areas in Colorado can be found around the edges of these intrusive centers. When a new pulse of magma forced its way upward, the edges in contact with the older magma cooled rapidly forming a kind of "skin" of fine-grained granite. Since fine-grained granite is

neg: Granite Pass (California Trail) Granite Pass (California Trail) Granite Pass on the California Trail, located in what is now Cassia County, Idaho less than half a mile north of Utah, has historic significance dating to 1842 when it was found by Joseph B. Chiles to serve as an adequate emigrant trail route to come west toward California from the Oregon Trail route that went through Fort Hall. Chiles was then returning east to Fort Hall in a small group that dropped out of the Bartleson–Bidwell Party, the first group attempting to emigrate with wagons from Missouri to California. The Granite Pass can be seen

neg: Caesarstone company's products are marketed according to four collections: Quartz surfaces require only minimum maintenance and do not require periodic sealing as with natural stone surfaces. Caesarstone markets its quartz surfaces in over 50 countries around the world, to both the private and business sectors. Caesarstone surfaces are installed in millions of homes around the world, as well as in commercial projects such as hotels, restaurants and offices. In the USA, quartz countertops have supplanted granite as the people’s choice, and Caesarstone surfaces can be found in homes and kitchens of the rich and famous such as Tommy Hilfiger, Cher, Alexandra

neg: Eucalyptus brevipes similar to "Eucalyptus gracilis", but E. brevipes can be distinguished by the erect leaves. It is found among granite outcrops in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia between Mukinbudin and Nungarin where it grows on sandy-loamy soils. It is often found in open low scrub country along with "Eucalyptus loxophleba", "Eucalyptus kochii", and "Acacia acuminata". There are 14 known populations of this species that are known ten of which occur on unallocated crown land. There is an estimated 320 mature plants in nine of the populations occurring over an area of . The main threats to the species are fire,

neg: Freycinet National Park Freycinet National Park this assists in their conservation with regards to some threatening processes including land clearing for development. Similarly, "Philotheca freyciana", or the Freycinet Waxflower, is listed by the Commonwealth "EPBC Act" and the Tasmanian "TSP Act" as endangered. This species only occurs on the Freycinet Peninsula and can mostly be found dispersed among granite rocks of the Hazards within Freycinet National Park, where approximately 100 individuals have been recorded. Initially only 3 plants were recorded to exist, but after surveys were conducted by staff from numerous government agencies throughout the Freycinet Peninsula over 100 individuals were found in

neg: Ailsa Craig survived erosion because it is composed of much harder igneous rocks from the Palaeogene period. The plug, which is composed of granite (microgranite of ca. 60 Ma age), is all that remains from the massive volcanic activity caused by the formation of the Atlantic Ocean. Dykes of similar age can be found in Scotland through other older rocks such as the extensive Cleveland and Eskdalemuir dykes. Though only a few metres across, these volcanic dykes can be traced all the way from northern England back to an ancient supervolcano on the Isle of Mull. Research has shown that the granite

neg: South Cameroon Plateau peneplain. The hills of the eastern portion are gentler than those of the west. These hills are known as "half-oranges" and can easily be seen in the area of Batouri and Bélabo. The lowest point of the plateau is the Sangha River valley in the southeast. Metamorphic rocks such as gneiss, mica, migmatites, and schists make up the South Cameroon Plateau's basement. Deposits of these rocks appear along fault lines south of Yaoundé, where schists and quartzites are found; near the Dja River, where limestone and schists occur; and along the Ntem River, where gneiss, granite, mica, migmatite, and schists

neg: Breccia of intrusion, especially if fresh magma is intruded into partly consolidated or solidified magma. This may be seen in many granite intrusions where later aplite veins form a late-stage stockwork through earlier phases of the granite mass. When particularly intense, the rock may appear as a chaotic breccia. Clastic rocks in mafic and ultramafic intrusions have been found and form via several processes: Impact breccias are thought to be diagnostic of an impact event such as an asteroid or comet striking the Earth and are normally found at impact craters. Impact breccia, a type of impactite, forms during the process

neg: Oxley Wild Rivers National Park platform high above the river. Crombies Cave, the longest granite cave in Australia at , can be found in the next small creek, Powers Creek, an easy walk to the south of the Blue Hole. As the creek flows under the fence from the surrounding grazing country, within it begins its journey underground to come out down stream. The cave can be accessed from here and negotiated for at least half its length. It contains very beautiful granite sculptures, gnammas and potholes, some big caverns and a small sandy beach near the lower exit. A climb down a small waterfall

neg: Stanner Rocks Wood and which have long been considered to be the oldest in Wales, having been dated to around 700 million years BP using the rubidium-strontium dating method. They comprise gabbro, diorite and granite. Stanner Rocks Stanner Rocks is a rounded hill, steep in parts, which lies close to the Wales border with England between Walton and Kington. A superb collection of wild plants can be found here. Where it faces south, warm sunshine and drying winds create an ideal environment for plants which you would be more likely to see around the Mediterranean. The most famous of Stanner Rocks’ specialties

neg: Parâng Mountains the eastern barrier of the Jiu Valley (a plateau 100 kilometers long from east to west and 70-80 kilometers wide from north to south). The Parang Mountains consist predominantly of crystalline rocks, peripherally covered with patches of sediments from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic (massive limestone, conglomerates) and Cenozoic eras, mixed with large areas of granite outcrops. On the southern slope, sedimentary rocks from the Mesozoic era can be found, more exactly massive limestone from the Jurassic period. The newest rocks are found on the southern frame of the mountains and in the north-west, where it is bordered by the Petrosani Depression.

neg: Inglewood Park Cemetery carriages and aboard special Los Angeles Railway streetcars. "(Note: This is a partial list. See also .)" "References to burials or entombments at this cemetery can be found in the articles if not listed below." Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 East Florence Avenue in Inglewood, California, was founded in 1905. The proposed establishment of "the largest cemetery in the world" was announced in November 1905, to be "on a high strip of ground two miles southwest of Los Angeles." In 1907, a "handsome, two-story, white granite chapel" was completed at a cost of "about $40,000." Also in 1907

neg: Fireplace mantel to create a personal statement unique to the room they are creating. Historically the mantel defines the architectural style of the interior decor, whether it be traditional i.e. Classic, Renaissance, Italian, French, American, Victorian, Gothic etc. The choice of material for the mantel includes such rich materials as marble, limestone, granite, or fine woods. Certainly the most luxurious of materials is marble. In the past only the finest of rare colored and white marbles were used. Today many of those fine materials are no longer available, however many other beautiful materials can be found world wide. The defining element of

neg: Cabot Lyford from seven tons of black granite from Deer Isle, Maine, shows three dolphins leaping from the water. "Remember", a black granite sculpture of a goose, stands in the peony garden at the headquarters of Maine Audubon in Falmouth, Maine. Lyford created "Remember" in the aftermath of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. He chose black granite because the color recalls a seabird covered in oil. He originally called the sculpture "Thanks, Exxon", but changed the name to encourage people to remember the costs of environmental, manmade calamities. Elsewhere in Maine, his sculptures can be found within the terminal at the

neg: Shap a small village, it is legally a market town with a charter dating from the 17th century. The parish was, between 1905 and 1935, administered by an urban district council. At one time, the granite works (which are situated about a mile outside the village) was in itself a separate community, with its own Co-op. Shap polished pink granite can be found in many buildings in the UK, including outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The civil parish of Shap (formerly Shap Urban Parish) includes the hamlet of Keld and parts of the granite works and limestone works, and has

neg: Mahasamund district and Bargarh District of Odisha. Granite rocks can be found in the Bagbahra, Basna and Pithora region. Rocks are predominantly limestone of the Chhattisgarh group contemporary to the Cuddapah group of the Upper Pre-Cambrian age, consisting of limestone layers, shale, sandstone, or quartzite. Neo-granite, dolerite, and quartz in intrusive forms are also found in the district. Hence there is a great scope of intense mining activity. Mahasamund district has three National Highway which are National Highway 6 National Highway 217 National Highway 216. The construction of Four Lane road in National Highway 6 from Arang - Mahasamund to Saraipali up

neg: Geology of Jersey were compressed in the north south direction. Gabbro is found at Sorel Point. This rock can be observed to transition into diorite by changes in the mineral content and texture. Layered gabbro has also been changed into diorite at Le Nez point, the southernmost point of the main island. The diorite is emplaced at and near Sorel point, and at several places along the south coast east of Saint Helier. It also is found on the south east tidal rock platform. Granite intrudes into the north west, south west and south east. The south west granite also includes porphyries and

neg: Granite outcrops of Western Australia as temporary protection against predation or seasonal habitat insulated from the extremes of weather. Granite outcrops occur along the southern coast of the state, where they are exposed to high winds and extremes and wave and tidal action. They often form steep coastline, headlands and islands. Granite outcrops of Western Australia Granite outcrops of Western Australia are weathered landforms that occur throughout the state of Western Australia, composed primarily of the rock type granite. All recognised types of this landform can be observed, commonly as bornhardts, but also as inselbergs, castle koppies and Nubbins. Rising abruptly from the surrounding landscape

neg: Epoxy granite damping properties, steel fabricated structures are seldom used where high precision is required. Good-quality cast iron that is stress-relieved and annealed will give the structure dimensional stability, and can be cast into complex shapes, but needs an expensive machining process to form precision surfaces after casting. Good-quality natural granite is becoming more and more difficult to find, but has a higher damping capacity than cast iron. Again, as with cast iron, the machining of natural granite is labour-intensive and expensive. Precision granite castings are produced by mixing granite aggregates (which are crushed, washed, and dried) with an epoxy resin system

neg: Silver Plume, Colorado entrance, and there they found Clifford Griffin, shot through the heart, in a grave he'd dug himself. A note in the nearby Manager's Office told the tale. It asked the residents of Silver Plume to leave him where he lay, because that's where he'd experienced the most happiness since his wife died. Not only did they follow his request, the town erected a 10-foot-tall Gunnison Granite monument in his honor, directly on top of his grave site. The monument can still be seen today, on the cliffs directly in front of the 7:30 Mine. As of the census of 2000,

neg: Draba globosa to tell them apart. This species grows in mountain habitat such as talus and mountain meadows. It is largely an alpine climate species, growing at elevations above 9,000 feet. It can also be found in subalpine areas. The soils are limestone and granite and the terrain is rocky. It may be associated with a plant community dominated by "Carex elynoides" and "Festuca brachyphylla". Draba globosa Draba globosa is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names beavertip draba, round-fruited draba, and rockcress draba. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs

neg: Coffinite samples was caused by organic material, leading them to conclude that coffinite can also form in low temperature conditions if organic carbon is present. This finding is consistent with the coffinite samples of the Colorado Plateau, which included fossilized wood. In China, coffinite can be found in granite in addition to sandstone. Hansley and Fitzpatrick concluded that coarse-grained coffinite most likely forms in high temperature environments. Coffinite and uraninite precipitate inside brecciated and fractured regions of altered granite at pressures between 500 and 800 bars and temperatures at 126 to 178 °C. A large percentage of the Earth’s uranium supply

neg: Bead and reel Greece during the 6th century BCE. The motif then spread to Persia, Egypt and the Hellenistic world, and as far as India, where it can be found on the abacus part of some of the Pillars of Ashoka or the Pataliputra capital. Bead and reel motifs can be found abundantly in Greek and Hellenistic sculpture and on the border of Hellenistic coins. Bead and reel "Bead and reel" is an architectural motif, usually found in sculptures, moldings and numismatics. It consists in a thin line where beadlike elements alternate with cylindrical ones. It is found throughout the modern Western world

neg: Parvulastra parvivipara Parvulastra parvivipara Parvulastra parvivipara is a very small species of starfish in the family Asterinidae. It is a viviparous species and gives birth to live young. It lives in rock pools on intertidal granite rocks in a limited area of South Australia. Adults of "P. parvivipara" can grow to a diameter of about and are an orange-yellow colour. They are the smallest known starfish. "P. parvivipara" is endemic to the coast of South Australia, where it is found within of the Eyre Peninsula. Its distribution is limited to intertidal rock pools on granite rocks. Some seemingly suitable pools contain none

neg: Chandragiri hill vast expanse of granite rock, scattered large and small boulders can be found en route to the peak. A number of Jain basadis are found on the Hill. Some of the prominent ones are: Apart from these a number of other monuments such as Bhadrabahu Cave, Marasimha's Manastambha, Mahanavami Mantapa, Bhadrabahu Inscriptions, Gangaraja Mantap and Nishidhi Mantaps can be found on Chandragiri. Chandragiri hill Chandragiri () is one of the two hills in Shravanabelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka, the other one being Vindhyagiri. The recorded history surrounding the hill started in 300 BC when last "Shruthakevali" Bhadrabahu and

neg: Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge if she is simply a bad person. Whatever were Carmen's true motivations remain a mystery. The game is divided into seven missions. The goal of each missions is to recover one item of the stolen artefacts, which Carmen has hidden in a puzzle somewhere in the world. The user can only unlock this puzzle by collecting items or clues from other countries, often having to solve other puzzles first. A database can be used to find out where a place is and where an item can be found. At the end of each case, the item is found and it

neg: San Joaquin River the inhabitants of one village would not know much of the surrounding country beyond the neighboring villages. The staple food for San Joaquin Valley inhabitants was the acorn, which when ground, could be made into various foods such as cakes. Grinding the acorns was a simple process where they crushed the nuts using rocks in natural granite depressions. Many of the surviving examples of acorn milling areas can still be found in the foothills, especially around the Kaweah River area. The first recorded non-indigenous person to see the San Joaquin River was Don Pedro Fages in 1772. Fages, accompanied by

neg: Marine geology of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay rich in kaolin clays, decomposed from the large visible crystals of potassium feldspar that are so conspicuous in the granite. The contact zone where the Malmesbury Group was intruded by molten granite can be seen at Sea Point and was made famous by Charles Darwin during his voyage of scientific discovery on H.M.S. Beagle in 1844. Here, slivers of dark coloured Malmesbury rocks, altered by intense heat are intermingled and folded with the pale coloured intrusive granite to form a complex mixed rock. Large feldspar crystals occur in both the granite and dark hornfels layers Though initially intruded at great

neg: Barberton Greenstone Belt rocks were emplaced over a 500-million-year time span and can be divided into two suites: The tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suite (emplaced approximately 3.5–3.2 Ga), and the granite–monzogranite–syenite granite (GMS) suite (emplaced approximately 3.2–3.1 Ga). The GMS suite are found over large parts of the Kaapvaal Craton and their emplacement coincides with the first stabilisation of the central parts of the craton. "The GMS suite in the Barberton granite-greenstone terrane shows very different internal and external characteristics from the earlier TTG suite. Individual plutons may cover several thousand square kilometres and these composite granitoid bodies have traditionally been referred to as batholiths,

neg: Calytrix asperula Calytrix asperula Calytrix asperula, commonly known as brush starflower, is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of and can reach as high as . It blooms between September and January producing cream-yellow star-shaped flowers Commonly found on flats and amongst granite outcrops along the south coast in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils over laterite or granite. The species was first described as "Calycothrix luteola" by the botanist Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1844 in the

neg: Rathausmarkt It was renamed after the end of World War II in 1945. Until the 1970s the square was a transport hub for the Trams in Hamburg. After tram operation had ceased in 1978, the square was fully renovated and surfaced with red granite until 1982 under the aegis of mayor Hans-Ulrich Klose, wherefore it was jokingly dubbed Red Square. The former monument for William I, which had been erected on the square in 1903, was removed in 1930. The remaining parts can be found at "Holstenwall/Sievekingplatz" today. The two large flagpoles are remnants of this ensemble. Also today, the Heinrich

neg: Lantau Island process of being revitalised with a series of measures such as new signages and two bridges to facilitate movement of visitors, Tai O retains most of its historical setting such as waterways, stilt houses and fishing boats and is famous for its fishing village scenery in a mountainous setting. Traditional Chinese food like salted fish and locally produced shrimp paste can be found there. Tung Chung Fort was built in 1817 to thwart the opium trade and defend the coast from pirates. There are 6 old cannons and the enclosures are made of granite. During World War II, the Japanese

neg: Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. The Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. owned and operated a major granite quarry on the north Wales coast located between Conwy and Llanfairfechan. Granite axe-heads and other implements from Neolithic quarries at Penmaenmawr have been found throughout Britain. In the 1830s commercial granite quarries were opened on Penmaenmawr to meet the growing demand for granite setts. The granite was lowered from the quarry by self-acting inclines to the narrow gauge tramway which ran to jetties from where the setts were loaded into ships. The standard gauge Chester to Holyhead railway reached Penmaenmawr in 1848, after

neg: Curb is also chosen for aesthetic reasons. In areas where granite is available, it may be cheaper than concrete curb. One disadvantage of granite curb is that it can cut a tire sidewall if it is rough-faced. Belgian block curbs are made by placing blocks over a concrete slip. Then, more concrete is wedged in between the blocks to hold them together. These blocks can be vertical, or angled in order to create a mountable curb. When designing a curbed roadway, engineers specify the "reveal" or "lip". The reveal is the height of the section that is visible (revealed) above the

neg: Woodstock Quartz Monzonite is now "(in 1898)" conducting the business. "The two largest quarries were Waltersville and Fox Rock. These and smaller quarries counted hundreds of stonecutters among their employees." The quarries near Granite were "most active after 1875." In 1966, G. W. Wetherill reported a radiometric date of the Woodstock Quartz Monzonite of 420 +/-50 Ma (Silurian). In 1998, A. A. Drake reported an age of 444 Ma (Ordovician), and suggested it may be comagmatic with the Guilford Quartz Monzonite. Woodstock granite can be found in the Thomas Viaduct, "the Library of Congress, the inner walls of the Washington Monument, the Old

neg: Korean Buddhist sculpture of the standing Buddha may suggest the attributed dates are not entirely accurate. Two granite images from the early 8th century, almost entirely intact, depict Amitabha and Maitreya. Valuable inscriptions are carved on the backs of the mandorla. Granite, a common medium in the repertoire of Sillan sculptors are seen throughout the Unified Silla period. At least one attempt at the kind of grotto art popular in India and China can be found in Gunwi that precedes the Seokguram Grotto. However, it is the central Buddha of the Seokguram Grotto that is considered by many scholars to be the epitome

neg: Zwingenberg, Hesse grow in the region. A narrower line of woodland in the municipal area can still be found in the area of the Morgenruhe foundry and running by way of Blockhütte towards Comoder Weg. Remains of granite quarrying can also still be made out. Under the windbreak afforded by the Melibokus, a microclimate holds sway, which can in places near the slope lead to less precipitation than is found, for example, on the plain. Zwingenberg lies between the community of Alsbach-Hähnlein in Darmstadt-Dieburg in the north and the town of Bensheim in Bergstraße district in the south. In the west Bensheim's

neg: Frederick B. Townsend House from the mansion, incorporates granite boulders collected from Townsend's many DeKalb County farms. Unlike the Garage, however, only the lower portion of the house and porch facade and the foundation utilizes the boulders. The large granite porch wraps around the house from the front door, the porch includes a porte-cochere and is topped with wooden pillars. Transoms of leaded or stained glass can found on many of the first floor windows. A balcony is on the second floor where the structure has a multi-gabled roof. Both the east and south gables have large Palladian windows. The south gable has what

neg: Huni different variations. The earliest mention of his cartouche name may possibly appearing on the granite cone from Elephantine, which might be contemporary. Otherwise, the earliest appearances of Huni's cartouche can be found on the Palermo Stone P1, dating to the 5th dynasty, and on the Prisse Papyrus of the 13th dynasty. Huni's cartouche can also be found in the Saqqara kinglist and the Turin Canon, both dating back to the 19th dynasty. The Abydos kinglist, which also dates to the 19th dynasty, mysteriously omits Huni's name and gives instead a "Neferkara I" who is unknown to Egyptologists. The reading and

neg: Dragon Quest IX completion of the quests, a "Quest List log", serving as an in-game achievement list. In addition, the game features infinitely generating treasure maps where the player can earn treasure and fight monsters not found in the main game. New weapons, armor, and other items can be created through alchemy. Using an alchemy pot (called the "Krak Pot"), one can mix items with alchemy materials found in treasure chests, the world map, and dropped by monsters. Recipes can be found hidden in bookcases through the world and the player can experiment with new recipes of their own. "Dragon Quest IX" begins

neg: Granite, Colorado the coaches are lifted from the river other bodies will be found underneath. The task of identifying the dead is difficult because the deaths were all in the day coaches where no record of the names of passengers is kept.The wreck occurred on the first sharp curve entering the Granite district, where the railroad company is now changing the grade and spending a vast sum of money to eliminate the curve. On October 8, 1926, the investigation concluded that the accident was caused by excessive speed: While conflicting in some details the best evidence indicates that train No. 2 approached

neg: Dixie Highway parallels "Federal Highway" (U.S. Route 1), sometimes just a block away. In Tennessee, the name lives on in Dixie Lee Junction (where Dixie Highway and Lee Highway intersected). In western North Carolina, seven bronze plaques on granite pillars were placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in the late 1920s to mark the route (which today follows US 25) of the Dixie Highway and honor General Robert E. Lee. These markers can be found in the towns of Hot Springs, Marshall, Asheville, Fletcher, and Hendersonville, and on the South Carolina and Tennessee state lines; an eighth monument of identical

neg: Podzol compounds issues, along with phosphate deficiencies and aluminum toxicity. The best agricultural use of Podzols is for grazing, although well-drained loamy types can be very productive for crops if lime and fertilizer are used. The E horizon (or Ae in Canadian soil classification system), which is usually thick, is low in Fe and Al oxides and humus. It is formed under moist, cool and acidic conditions, especially where the parent material, such as granite or sandstone, is rich in quartz. It is found under a layer of organic material in the process of decomposition, which is usually thick. In the

neg: Minuartia glabra it was historically considered a variety of. It can be distinguished from "M. groenlandica" by its taller stature, annual habit, upright and not mat-forming growth, smaller petals, and flowers in greater number per cyme. In addition, "M. glabra" is found in lower elevations than "M. groenlandica". Minuartia glabra Minuartia glabra, commonly called Appalachian stichwort, is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to the eastern United States, where it has a scattered distribution. Its natural habitat is areas of siliceous rock outcrops, which include granite, sandstone, gneiss, and schist. In the Cumberland Mountains, this

neg: Conospermum huegelii as part of the work "Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres". The only synonym is "Conospermum intricatum". The specific epithet honours the botanist Karl von Hugel. It is found in swampy areas and among granite outcrops in the Swan Coastal Plain and in the Darling Range of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-gravelly soils. The attractive ornamental plant is suitable for gardens or containers. The flowers are used for decoration and long lasting. It is reasonably difficult to establish, propagation is by cuttings can be sown by seed. Conospermum huegelii Conospermum huegelii, commonly known as the slender smokebush, is

neg: Arctostaphylos regismontana Arctostaphylos regismontana Arctostaphylos regismontana is a species of manzanita known by the common name Kings Mountain manzanita. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. It can be found in chaparral and broadleaf and coniferous forest on granite and sandstone soils. This is an erect shrub reaching over two meters in height and known to exceed four meters. It is bristly and glandular, exuding sticky resins. It has a dense foliage of curved oval-shaped leaves which are greenish in color and fuzzy and

neg: Utricularia inthanonensis Dublin) in 2010 from collections made by Suksathan in 2005 and 2007. Utricularia inthanonensis Utricularia inthanonensis is a terrestrial lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is endemic to northern Thailand in Doi Inthanon National Park where it is only known from the type locality. It grows on moist granite rocks at altitudes around . It is closely related to "U. garrettii", another species endemic to Thailand, and differs from it in corolla, seed, and bladder morphology. "Utricularia inthanonensis" can also be found growing with "U. striatula". It was first formally described by Piyakaset Suksathan (of the

neg: Deer Isle, Maine wife Jean chose for their final home, and where he died in 2007. This isle was the home town of the dock that was the inspiration for the painter Fairfield Porter. Many small private islands can be found in the waters surrounding Deer Isle. Cabot Lyford, a Maine sculptor, utilized seven tons of Deer Isle granite to carve one of his best known pieces, "Life Force." "Life Force," which depicts dolphins jumping from the water, stands outside the Regency Hotel in Portland, Maine. The town of Deer Isle is one of two communities on the island of Deer Isle, the

neg: Arctostaphylos regismontana sticky in texture. They are smooth or toothed along the edges and up to 6 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an open cluster of conical manzanita flowers each one half to one centimeter long. The fruit is a hairy, sticky drupe. Arctostaphylos regismontana Arctostaphylos regismontana is a species of manzanita known by the common name Kings Mountain manzanita. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. It can be found in chaparral and broadleaf and coniferous forest on granite and sandstone soils. This

neg: Kirkcudbrightshire of Llandovery age prevail; they are found around Dalry, Creetown, New Galloway, Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright. Overlying the Llandovery beds on the south coast are strips of Wenlock rocks; they extend from Bridgehouse Bay to Auchinleck and are well exposed in Kirkcudbright Bay, and they can be traced farther round the coast between the granite and the younger rocks. Carboniferous rocks appear in small faulted tracts, unconformable on the Silurian, on the shores of the Solway Firth. They are best developed about Kirkbean, where they include a basal red breccia followed by conglomerates, grits and cement stones of Calciferous Sandstone

neg: Utricularia inthanonensis Utricularia inthanonensis Utricularia inthanonensis is a terrestrial lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is endemic to northern Thailand in Doi Inthanon National Park where it is only known from the type locality. It grows on moist granite rocks at altitudes around . It is closely related to "U. garrettii", another species endemic to Thailand, and differs from it in corolla, seed, and bladder morphology. "Utricularia inthanonensis" can also be found growing with "U. striatula". It was first formally described by Piyakaset Suksathan (of the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden) and John Adrian Naicker Parnell (of Trinity College,

neg: Kit Hill Hill at Kelly Bray, where an inclined tramway connected with it. It amalgamated with the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway crossing the Tamar above Calstock and onto the junction at Bere Alston. The Gunnislake to Bere Alston section still survives as part of the Tamar Valley Line. Some remnants, mainly the granite blocks, of the line can be found on the northern slopes of the Country Park site. Kit Hill Kit Hill (), at 334 metres high, dominates the area between Callington and the River Tamar in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. The word 'Kit' comes from Old English

neg: Phacelia quickii the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was a forest ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service and a plant pathologist and consultant for the Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station. Some of his areas of research included seed germination, dormancy and longevity, ecology of forests and forest species, and chemical control of plants and tree diseases. He wrote articles on gooseberries, blister rust, fungicides and germination of Ceanothus seeds. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it can be found on granite substrates in mountain habitat. Phacelia quickii Phacelia quickii is a species of phacelia known by

neg: Zircon sediments. Zircon is a common accessory to trace mineral constituent of most granite and felsic igneous rocks. Due to its hardness, durability and chemical inertness, zircon persists in sedimentary deposits and is a common constituent of most sands. Zircon is rare within mafic rocks and very rare within ultramafic rocks aside from a group of ultrapotassic intrusive rocks such as kimberlites, carbonatites, and lamprophyre, where zircon can occasionally be found as a trace mineral owing to the unusual magma genesis of these rocks. Zircon forms economic concentrations within heavy mineral sands ore deposits, within certain pegmatites, and within some rare

neg: Health effects of radon naturally from the ground and from some building materials all over the world, wherever traces of uranium or thorium can be found, and particularly in regions with soils containing granite or shale, which have a higher concentration of uranium. Every square mile of surface soil, to a depth of 6 inches (2.6 km to a depth of 15 cm), contains approximately 1 gram of radium, which releases radon in small amounts to the atmosphere Sand used in making concrete is the major source of radon in buildings. On a global scale, it is estimated that 2,400 million curies (91 TBq)

neg: Amberg, Wisconsin Chicago and Cincinnati. The Pike River company produced primarily the fine-grained gray granite and much of it was sold as monumental stone because of its strength and attractiveness. However, in 1929, 500-600 cars of this stone was sold to the Universal Granite Company of Milwaukee to be used as breakwater stone. Although, once a thriving, profitable businesses, there are no longer any active quarries operating in the Amberg area. More about the history of these quarries and the surrounding area can be found at the Amberg Museum complex, this is located in the town of Amberg on Marinette County V,

neg: Barney Allis Plaza Barney Allis Plaza The Barney Allis Plaza is a park located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri at the intersection of 12th Street and Wyandotte. It is named after the prominent Kansas City hotelier, and owner of the Standard Theater, Barney Allis (1886-1962). From April 11 2006 until 2011, it was the home of the Kansas City Explorers, Kansas City's World TeamTennis. The Kansas City Sports Walk of Stars can be found on the edge of this park. The Walk was constructed in 1991, and the first three polished granite slabs bore the names of inductees George Brett, Len Dawson and

neg: Breitenbachplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) openings daylight falls on the today with granite, originally occupied with asphalt plates platform. During the Second World War, the station remained largely intact. Only the northern access area was damaged and partially rebuilt only simplified. From the original equipment can be found still three wooden double benches and in the southern entrance area, the former switch house. The station is a listed building. The underground station is barrier-free. The equipment with a lift was put into operation on 7 October 2010; the construction costs amounted to 340,000 euros. A guidance system is also available. Breitenbachplatz (Berlin U-Bahn) Breitenbachplatz is

neg: Chapman's Peak lawsuit, and subsequently reopened after being re-engineered to protect motorists from falling rocks. It was reopened in 2005 as a toll road. The road was again closed for a number of months beginning on 19 June 2008 "as a result of risk areas identified on the mountain above the road". The top of Chapman's Peak consists of flat, sedimentary rocks related to those that form Table Mountain. The base of the mountain, however, consists of Cape Granite and the two formations meet at a geological unconformity that is world-famous amongst earth scientists.<br> Two different endangered vegetation types can be found

neg: Miller's Point, Western Cape Mature Granite Fynbos is dominated by large tree-Proteas, such as the Tree Pincushion-Protea and the Waboom, and a dense under-layer of Asteraceous (daisy) species. There are a variety of species (some already extinct) which are naturally restricted to this specific vegetation type, occurring nowhere else in the world. The primary threat to this ecosystem is invasive alien plants, such as the Australian Port Jackson and Rooikrans Acacias. Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, a less severely endangered vegetation-type with a different range of species, can be found on the higher slopes, including a vast number of endemics. This tiny ecosystem (restricted to the

neg: Aquilegia brevistyla can occur in drier areas. It is often associated with limestone and other types of calcareous substrate. It may also occur on granite soils. It grows in coniferous forests, woods, meadows, and riverbanks. In the northern part of its range it usually grows in coniferous forest habitat. In the Black Hills area it can be found alongside "Picea glauca", "Pinus ponderosa", and "Populus tremuloides". It usually grows in the understory, but occasionally it may be found in more open habitat. The plant is often associated with various mosses, such as feather moss, "Hylocomium splendens". It may grow in moss carpets.

neg: Kelso Dunes amphibole can also be found, often accumulating at the dune crests. Kelso Dunes represent part of a much larger sand transport system, which includes the nearby Devils Playground region. The composition and morphology of the sand grains indicate that most originated from the Mojave River sink near Afton Canyon, which lies to the west of the dunes' current location. The sand has accumulated at the southeastern end of the Soda Lake-Kelso basin, where the Granite Mountains and Providence Mountains form a barrier to prevailing winds. At present, only the area around the Mojave River sink and the westernmost parts of

neg: Millosh Gjergj Nikolla neither an attachment to religion nor any particularly fond sentiments for the organized Church. God for Migjeni was a giant with granite fists crushing the will of man. Evidence of the repulsion he felt towards God and the Church are to be found in the two poems missing from the 1944 edition, "Parathania e parathanieve" ("Preface of prefaces") with its cry of desperation ""God! Where are you?"", and "Blasfemi" ("Blasphemy"). In "Kanga skandaloze" ("Scandalous song"), Migjeni expresses a morbid attraction to a pale nun and at the same time his defiance and rejection of her world. This poem is one

neg: Maximo Yabes on a granite pedestal. Engraved on the base are the details of Yabes' Medal of Honor exploits. The memorial is located in Oakridge in the Greenwaters Park. Greenwaters Park is located on the east side of Oakridge, south of highway 58. The city of El Paso, Texas also honored Yabes by naming an avenue after him. His name can be found on panel 15E, line 102 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Among Maximo Yabes' decorations and medals were the following: Badges Foreign unit decorations References to First Sergeant Maximo Yabes exploits can be found in the following

neg: Acacia aphylla "Eucalyptus loxophleba" dominates. Species commonly found in the understorey include "Grevillea endlicheriana", "Hakea petiolaris" and "Xanthorrhoea preissii". It is generally associated with areas of with laterite and granite outcrops on hillsides, and will grow in rock crevices. It is mostly found to grow in soils that are sandy, loam, clay or gravel and brown or yellow in colour. "A. aphylla" is cultivated as a foliage plant, although it is actually a succulent and is adapted to harsh conditions. It grows fast, requires well-drained soils and will tolerate full sun. It can be pruned following flowering and pruning can be harsh,

neg: Doodia aspera Blue Mountains west of Sydney. It grows on sandstone and igneous (granite and basalt) substrates, in sand- or gravelly soils It is also found on Norfolk Island. In tall open forest in the Sydney region, it is an understory shrub in damp areas underneath such trees as Sydney blue gum ("Eucalyptus saligna"), mountain gum ("E. deanei"), river peppermint ("E. elata") and forest red gum ("E. tereticornis"). It is also found in rainforest and dry open forest. "Doodia aspera" can grow as scattered plants or as dense colonies. Tolerant of short dry periods, "Doodia aspera" can be found in full sun

neg: Jayville, New York close to the contact of the gneiss with a red pegmatitic hornblende granite. Outcrops of the granite occur to the north and east within short distances where they break through and cut off the gneiss area in such a way that their intrusive character is plainly evidenced. In some of the openings the granite can be seen in immediate contact with the ore. The openings are on the northeastern and northwestern slopes of a low ridge of gneiss that rises just west of the railroad. The pits nearest the station are Hart no 1 and no2 of with the first

neg: Decomposed granite to seep in and further weaken the rock allowing it to fracture or crumble into smaller particles, where, ultimately, the grains of silica produced from the granite are relatively resistant to weathering, and may remain almost unaltered. Decomposed granite, as a crushed stone form, is used as a pavement building material. It is used on driveways, garden walkways, bocce courts and pétanque terrains, and urban, regional, and national park walkways and heavy-use paths. DG can be installed and compacted to meet handicapped accessibility specifications and criteria, such as the ADA standards in the U.S. Different colors are available based on

neg: Mount Bogong from where it is about 2.5 hrs walk to the summit of Bogong, and this is the easiest winter access, although occasionally the 4WD track is covered with snow. Just over halfway up the Eskdale Spur is Michell Hut, which burnt down during the 2003 bushfires but was later rebuilt. Michell Hut provides emergency refuge, toilet, camp sites and a resting area before the final climb up to where the Eskdale meets Granite Flat Spur at the treeline, where there is also a good, but exposed campsite Granite Flat Spur also provides access to the summit. It can be accessed