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95.5 carat diamond in Smithsonian

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Hope Diamond

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“Mutton fat” nephrite

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Jade

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Kashmir Blue type of gem

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Sapphire

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Diamond material

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Carbon

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Deep black lignite

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Jet

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Large East Africa fault line

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Great Rift Valley

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Purple corundum

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Sapphire

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June birthstone

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Pearl

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Green Chalcedony spotted with red jasper

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Bloodstone

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Study of Earth’s physical properties

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Geophysics

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Ruby rating on Mhos scale

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Nine

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12
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Cave ceiling fixtures

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Stalactites

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Reddish-brown gem

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Garnet

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Yellow or golden gem

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Topaz

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Star of India type of gem

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Ruby

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Dense rock formed from cooling lava

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Basalt

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Uranium and radium ore

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Pitchblend

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Southern super continent - 120 million years ago

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Gongwana

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September birthstone

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Sapphire

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Black organic gem

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Jet

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Current geologic era

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Cenozoic (recent life)

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December birthstone

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Turquoise

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Diamond in Titanic

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Heart of the Ocean

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Earth’s outer layer

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Crust

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Ancient super continent - 240 million years ago
Pangaea
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Northern super continent - 120 million years ago
Lauasia
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July birthstone
Ruby
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Translucent gypsum
Alabaster
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Large California fault line
San Andreas Fault
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Current geologic epoch
Holocene
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Most common igneous rock
Granite
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Early geologic era
Paleozoic (ancient life)
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Earth's layer below crust
Mantle
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Earth's crust most abundant rock
Igneous
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March birthstone
Aquamarine
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Middle geologic era
Mesozoic (middle life)
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November birthstone
Topaz
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Red corundum
Ruby
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Hard coal
Anthracite
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Gem named after a tsarina
Alexandrite
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Tidal wave caused by an earthquake
Tsunami
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Mercury ore
Cinnabar
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Glass formed from cooling lava
Obsidian
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May birthstone
Emerald
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Copper ore
Cuprite
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April birthstone
Diamond
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Ocean surrounded by volcanic "ring of fire"
Pacific
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Course grain rock
Gneiss
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Stalactite and stalagmite combination
column
50
Three types of rock
Igneous - sedimentary - metamorphic
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Purple quartz
Amethyst
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Lead ore
Galena
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Opaque blue or azure gemstone (sometimes flecked)
Lapis lazuli
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Scale measuring mineral hardness
Mhos scale
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February birthstone
Amethyst
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Fool's gold
Iron Pyrite
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Scale measuring earthquake intensity
Richter scale
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Aluminum ore
Bauxite
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Large volcanic crater
Caldera
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Hard carbon
Diamond
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Brown coal
Lignite
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October birthstone
Opal
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Shale rock type
Sedimentary
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World's hardest mineral
Diamond
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Study of rocks
Petrology
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Green beryl gem
Emerald
67
Diamond rating on Mhos scale
Ten
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Soft igneous rock
Pumice
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Soft coal
Bituminous
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Gem found in Tanzania
Tanzanite
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Talc rating on Mhos scale
One
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January birthstone
Garnet
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Soft carbon
Graphite
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Earth's energy
Geothermal
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Current geologic period
Quaternary
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Earth's age
4.5 billion years
77
Study of the motion of Earth's plates
Tectonics
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Cave floor fixtures
Stalagmites
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August birthstone
Peridot

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