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111Red beds — The term red beds usually refers to strata of reddish colored sedimentary rocks such as sandstone, siltstone or shale that were deposited in hot climates under oxidizing conditions. [http://www.ac.wwu.edu/ babcock/v2 1.html] The red color comes… …
112Central Lowlands — The Central Lowlands or Midland Valley is a geologically defined area of relatively low lying land in southern Scotland. It consists of a rift valley between the Highland Boundary Fault to the north and the Southern Uplands Fault to the south.… …
113Westinghouse Time Capsules — Westinghouse s 1964 1965 World s Fair time capsule exhibit …
114agate — agatelike, agatoid, adj. /ag it/, n. 1. a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings. 2. a playing marble made of this substance, or of glass in imitation of it. 3. Print. a 51/2 point type of a size between pearl and… …
115ironstone — /uy euhrn stohn /, n. 1. any iron bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities. 2. Also called ironstone china. a hard white stoneware. [1515 25; IRON + STONE] * * * …
116Laos — /lah ohs, lows, lay os/; Fr. /lann aws /, n. a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 5,116,959; 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Cap.: Vientiane. * * * Laos Introduction Laos Background: In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took… …
117limonite — A general “field” term for various brown to yellowish brown, amorphous to cryptocrystalline hydrous ferric oxides that are an undetermined mixture of goethite, hematite, and lepidocrocite formed by weathering and iron oxidation from iron… …
118ferruginous — fer•ru•gi•nous [[t]fəˈru dʒə nəs[/t]] adj. 1) gel iron bearing: ferruginous clays[/ex] 2) of the color of iron rust • Etymology: 1655–65; < L ferrūginus rust colored …
119taconite — tac•o•nite [[t]ˈtæk əˌnaɪt[/t]] n. mir an iron bearing chert mined as low grade iron ore in the Mesabi Range • Etymology: 1890–95, amer.; after the Taconic Range in New York and Massachusetts; see ite I …
120ankerite — /ˈæŋkəraɪt/ (say angkuhruyt) noun a mineral, an iron bearing variety of dolomite containing iron in place of part of the magnesium. {named after MJ Anker, died 1843, Austrian mineralogist} …
