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A Quaternary clay deposit in Estonia, laid down about 400,000 years ago. Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals [1] (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al 2 Si 2 O 5 ( OH) 4 ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impurities ...
The chestnut-headed bee-eater ( Merops leschenaulti) is a bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae, which is distributed in an area ranging from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka across Southeast Asia to Indonesia. It is 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) in overall length and weighs 26–33 g (0.92–1.16 oz), with the sexes being similar in appearance.
The Red Clay Strays formed as the successor to a cover band in Mobile, Alabama in 2016, consisting of lead singer Brandon Coleman, bassist Andrew Bishop, and guitarist Drew Nix. [3] As the group started to perform more original material, they regrouped and formed the Red Clay Strays, adding drummer John Hall and guitarist Zach Rishel in the ...
Ball clay. Ball clays are kaolinitic sedimentary clays that commonly consist of 20–80% kaolinite, 10–25% mica and 6–65% quartz, along with small amounts of organic matter (such as lignite) and trace amounts of other minerals such as pyrite and siderite . They are a common raw material for various types of ceramics, where their primary ...
Christophe Ballard ( French: [kʁistɔf balaʁ]; April 12, 1641 — May 28, 1715) was a Parisian printer, bookseller, and music publisher employed by Louis XIV, from the family of publishers founded by Robert Ballard (1530–1588) in the mid-16th century. Christophe Ballard was the eldest son and only successor of Robert III Ballard [ fr] and ...
Original file (710 × 900 pixels, file size: 295 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Wikimedia Commons Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. . Description Jake Ballard (85), Clay Matthews (52).jpg. New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Lambeau Field on January 15, 2012.
Tracey Ballard is from Bladensburg, Maryland, and was raised by a single mother. She joined CIA in the mid-1980s, as a young, single mother. Ballard was a technical intelligence officer and computer expert in the CIA. She came out as lesbian in 1988 and came out to her supervisors at CIA in 1989.
Carroll Ballard (born October 14, 1937) is an American filmmaker. Originally a documentarian , he became known for directing sweeping, visually-striking films with natural and ecological themes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His body of work includes the films The Black Stallion (1979), Never Cry Wolf (1983), and Fly Away Home (1996).