Titlebook: Magic of Minerals and Rocks; Dirk J. Wiersma Book 2004 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004 Deformation.Europe.crystals.formation.fossil

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Dirk J. Wiersamnswers one key question: What happens to people, communities, and societies under globalization, which is, among others, characterized by increasing cultural disidentification? .978-94-007-9810-6978-94-007-2966-7Series ISSN 2214-9805 Series E-ISSN 2214-9813

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ecorded in Europe, America, Australia, and Iceland right down to finely detailed images of a few square millimeters. Close-ups of crystals, gems, and fossils are alternated with micro-images of the minute textures and patterns that emerge from thin, translucent sections of rocks and minerals. Litera

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Texture, and minerals, and geologists routinely examine them with a polarizing microscope. The inspection is carried out with the help of various optical means and with transmitted light that may or may not be polarized. When the light is polarized, crystals often take on striking colors, due to birefringence of the light beams.

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Book 2004Iceland right down to finely detailed images of a few square millimeters. Close-ups of crystals, gems, and fossils are alternated with micro-images of the minute textures and patterns that emerge from thin, translucent sections of rocks and minerals. Literally, as well as figuratively Dirk Wiersma,

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Mountain, mountains will wear down, to become plains or to be swept over by oceans once again. Earth has always been and will always remain a dynamic system, moving to and fro between creation and destruction, order and chaos.

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Gem,a rock type much akin to agate, as well as malachite and opal. Of particular interest in this series is ‘Pietra Paesina’ from Tuscany in Italy, of which several remarkable examples are presented in this chapter. For an explanation see ’Pietra Paesina’ hereunder.

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Fossil, the evolution of species. It is perhaps ironic, but thanks to petrifaction, selective weathering, and also to the fact that fossils can be cut, polished, and observed in thin section, certain attributes of an organism can be more readily

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Book 2004bstract, at other times (pseudo)realistic. Often, striking similarities are revealed between subjects that are ostensibly of entirely different natures and dimensions. The short, accompanying texts are written in a style that is accessible and appealing to a general audience, while also providing the necessary factual information. .