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to climb. He was climbing on top of a giant rock so he can jump off and into the water. Then, everyone else swam across the lake and climbed up the rocks to jump off the cliff. I have never done anything like that, so I decided to stay in the water and watch them. I realized that I wanted to do it too, but the rock was almost as high as a two story house and that terrified me the most. Not only the height scared me, but the fact that there was another rock sticking out, under the water. I knew so because

Stepping off the plane was like learning to walk all over again. My muscles were so tight I could feel them about to snap. “Welcome to Hawaii.” A young woman in a bright pink tee shirt and hula skirt said as she put flower leis around each of our necks. We got our luggage and put it in the rental car. “Can I drive?” Brody asks with a smirk. “Heck no, you know how much these rentals cost if you break them?” My mom laughed. “I call shotgun!” I pronounced loudly. Brody and Landon

Individuals can make decisions that have consequences. In Mauro Senesi’s “Giraffe” and Joesph Whitechill’s story “The Day of the Last Rock” the decisions that are made lead to loss of innocence. Decisions made can be good or bad and loss of innocence is stripped away in different ways. Decisions made without consideration may lead to consequences. In “The Day of the Last Rock” and “Giraffe” In both stories, decisions are made. These decisions are made without any consideration. Without consideration, there

their length varies between 3-7 cm. with the maximum width of 1-3 cm. and the thickness between 0,5-1,2 cm. All of the chisels like the other cutting edge tool objects including axes and adze examples were produced from medium-grained metamorphic rocks such as diorite, gabbro basalt, granite, serpentine, nephrite and jadeit (greenstone) (Table

The Oak Ridges Moraine is landform located in south central Ontario, Canada. It expands from Caledon and Rice lake river. Furthermore, it covers about 1,900 kilometers in Geographic area and is the most important landforms in Ontario. The Oak Ridges Moraine is made out of 4 wedge shaped structures running east to west ( Uxbridge, Pontypool, Rice Lake, and the Albion Hill wedges ). The wedges are separated from east to west and was formed by sedimentation, the Rice Lake wedge is separated from

Burgess Shale The Burgess Shale was first discovered in 1909 by a Paleontologist named Charles Walcott and is believed to be over 500 million years ago in Middle Cambrian. This geological formation was first found near a mountain by the name of Mount Burgess, for which it was named after, in Canada. Similar formations have been uncovered in China, Europe, USA and many other places around the world. The Burgess Shale is one of the most important of fossil type formations due to the fact that they

This paper is divided into two parts. In the first section I wanted to take a look at the commodity itself. What is it? What are its properties and how is it used. Why has there been such a rush to find new deposits in the past few years? The second section which will take up the bulk of the paper is used to explain how a mining company could go about entering into finding a graphite deposit and taking it into production Graphite: What is it? Graphite is a form of carbon which is an element.

Benitoite is a very unique mineral that has a beautiful appearance. It is classified as metamorphic rock which means it had to go under the metamorphic process to get into the form its in. Since this is rare mineral there are not very many places on earth where Benitoite is found. As of right now, California is the only place where it is found. It is the state gem of California because I believe its rarity is a special symbol to the state. In order to find this gem, a person would have to go to the

Igneous Petrology Igneous petrology is basically one of the fields that deals with geology. Igneous petrology is the study of igneous rocks. Igneous petrology deals with their origin, composition, and texture. 4. Unit 2.3: Sedimentary Petrology Sedimentary petrology is basically one of the fields that deals with geology. Sedimentary petrology is the study of sedimentary rocks.

Soft rocks are very important geomaterials since they are heavily used in construction for example, buildings, road and dams but they sometimes seem to cause some problems due to their sedimentary properties like fast weathering and low strength. Weathering is a process in which rock break down or dissolve with the help of natural agents. Weathering and erosion are constantly changing the earth’s surface, so that has a big impact on construction and usage of soft rocks over time. Weathering can be