 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Flamingo chicks hatch; The second batch of hatchlings has arrived on Kimberley's Kamfers Dam, South Africa's only breeding colony of the birds - but their future is far from certain.(News)
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BYLINE: Eleanor Momberg
As developers prepare to construct a multimillion rand commercial and residential township on the shores of the Kamfers Dam in Kimberley, the threatened lesser flamingo colony is nurturing its new arrivals - more than 100 chicks.
This is the second consecutive year that the Kamfers Dam flamingos, the only breeding colony of lesser flamingo in South Africa, are expanding their numbers, much to the delight of bird conservationists who believe this will become an annual event that could save the flamingo population in Southern Africa.
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Case-Based Learning in an Upper Level Petrology Laboratory Class
Magazine article from: Journal of Geoscience Education
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Petrology: The Study of Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks.
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Research on mineralogy and petrology detailed by scientists at University of Bremen.(Report)
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Research on mineralogy and petrology detailed by scientists at University of Leoben.
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New mineralogy and petrology data have been reported by scientists at University of Tokyo.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Mining & Minerals
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New mineralogy and petrology study findings have been published by scientists at University of Cambridge.
Newspaper article from: Mining & Minerals
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New mineralogy and petrology findings from Middle East Technical University described.
Newspaper article from: Mining & Minerals
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Reports summarize mineralogy and petrology research from Istanbul Technical University.
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