epidote
epidote (pistacite) A rock-forming
mineral Ca
2(Al
2Fe
3+)Si
3O
12(OH) and a member of the epidote group of minerals, which includes
zoisite,
clinozoisite, and
allanite; sp. gr. 3.4–3.5;
hardness 6.5;
monoclinic; normally pistachio-green, but also various shades of green, yellow, grey, or black;
vitreous lustre;
crystals are
prismatic parallelograms, often rod-like and isometric, often showing radial, fibrous, and columnar masses;
cleavage perfect {001}; it occurs in
hydrothermal formations, especially associated with altered,
basic,
igneous rocks, and also in
contact metamorphic zones with
quartz,
chlorite,
calcite, and
sulphides, and can also replace various minerals, such as
amphiboles, which break down under late-stage hydrothermal alteration.
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The Lakonia tragedy: No short cut to safety
Magazine article from: Sea Classics; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...to cruising. At 20,238 tons, the Greek diner LAKONIA had been built in 1929 for a Dutch firm, and named JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELDT. By the early 1960s, as the days of transatlantic passenger service were coming to an end, it was a toss...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/13/1996; 538 words
; ...Browning), author, 1907; Joe Louis (Joseph Louis Barrow), heavyweight boxing champion, 1914. Deaths: Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, statesman, executed 1619; Sir James Thornhill, painter, 1734; Georges, Baron Cuvier, zoologist and...
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Oldenbarneveldt, Johan Van (1547–1619)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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Johan van Oldenbarneveldt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Johan van Oldenbarneveldt , 1547-1619, Dutch statesman...permanent advocate of Holland in 1586, Oldenbarneveldt controlled the civil affairs of...affairs by the States-General, Oldenbarneveldt was increasingly opposed by the...
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Oldenbarneveldt, Johan van
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Oldenbarneveldt, Johan van (1547–1619) Dutch statesman and lawyer who played...between two rival schools of Calvinism, and eventually Maurice had Oldenbarneveldt tried and executed on a charge of treason.
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Johan van Olden Barneveldt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Johan van Olden Barneveldt see Oldenbarneveldt, Johan van .
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Grotius, Hugo (Huigh de Groot; 1583–1645)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...At fifteen he accompanied Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, grand pensionary of Holland...Politically he was closely tied to Oldenbarneveldt, the leader of resistance by...Loevestein. (His patron, Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, was put...
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