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Geology
The word geology
comes from the greek word
''γεολογία'', which comes
from the two words ''γεω''
and ''λόγος', which means
study of the earth. Mostly it
specialises in rocks and
stones. They are called
gemstones. Some of them are
amethyst, agate, opsidian and
hematite.
Amethyst is a purply
kind of stone. It's hardness on
the Mohs scale is 7 or even
lower. The best place to find
such a stone would be in
Brazil or Uruguay.
Onyx
There are different
kinds of agate, such as onyx.
Onyx has various colours, but
most common colour is
January 2013– Issue N. 2
brownish red. It also comes planet is red.
from the greek word ''ονυξ'' So now we see that
which means claw or gemstones are more than just
fingernail. Sometimes from a pretty stone. Others were
its fleshy colour it can also weapons, others are the cause
look like like a fingernail. of the colour on a planet, and
Opsidian, however is that is
dark, dark black and is why they
formed by cooled lava. It was are also
used as a tool in the ancient called
days, because it is very sharp. precious
they used mainly for cutting stones.
things and even for hunting.
One of the places where they Amethyst
( by Lucy Kotsiopoulou)
Hematite
used it was Easter Island.
And the last
gemstone we shall discuss is
hematite. It has a grayish
colour and looks like silver. It
can also be red, which is why
they gave it this name, which
actually means blood. The
red variety of this gemstone
has also been found on mars,
which may be the reason that
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terms of software
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and hardware used,
things happened in
and on a personal our school’s
level. Several times Christmas Bazaar
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Well, it never rains inside...
services to find December.
some information Although that day
they need. Some we were given our
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sites display report cards (and
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to America on the map. do some Christmas
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same benefit or
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seducing of parents and
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(by Chrysanthi Skiada)
describes this type department also
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dangerous or not ?
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Museum of Hoaxes whose proceeds
powerful tool in our
(English). That's will be donated to
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do you think?
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held in our school, the most successful one game server.
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