	*(1867) List of Donations continued from Vol. XXIII., p. 855. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 24 (3). 810-830 doi:10.1017/s0080456800020664*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	1864-65. 8vo. Annuaire des Marees des Cotes de France pour I'an 1863 et 1865. Par M. Gaussin, Paris,...Comparisons of the Standards of Length of England, France, Belgium, Prussia, Russia, India, and Australia...William), F.G.S.E. An Elementary Treatise on Quartz and Opal. The Author. Edinburgh, 1867. 8vo. TRANSACTIONS...4to. Cherbourg.—Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Sciences Naturelles de The Society. Cherbourg. Tome
	*(1962, September) The Desert Magazine* Vol. 25 (9) The Desert Publishing Co.**	Journal (issue)
	Kearsarge, caught up with the Alabama off the Cherbourg coast of France. The imminent battle of the two ships...fifteen-hundred people was run over the Paris-Cherbourg railway to the battle site, where the ocean ALABAMA...imaginative "forms in fantasy." /// OF A SHIP SUNK OFF FRANCE Lone Pine, along the approach to Mt. Whitney,...whole pound Rough Queensland Opal Matrix Large Pieces with Pinfire Opal $10.00 — FREE SEAMAIL Choose...Pasadena 6, California. • GEMS, CUT-POLISHED PABLO'S OPAL mosaic doublet cabs, 18x24 oval or 16x22 cushion
	Brongniart, Alexander, De la Beche, Henry T. (n.d.) On the relative position of the Serpentines (Ophiolites), Diallage Rocks (Euphotides), Jasper, &c. in some parts of the Apennines. In A Selection of the Geological Memoirs Contained in the Annales des Mines. Cambridge University Press. p.161-207. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139225212.015	Book (chapter)
	appears to have been replaced by every variety of opal, which is disposed in small irregular plates (a)...Apennines. The transition rocks which I have seen in France at Montchatou near Coutances, and which sufficiently...those of Bristol ;* those of the environs of Cherbourg, which I have described, and which are composed...and it appears to me altogether like that of Cherbourg. But there are two naturalists less read, even
	*(1947, June) Rocks and Minerals* Vol. 22 (6) Peter Zodac**	Journal (issue)
	.......... . 5.00 AMBLYGONITE v. MONTEBRASITE, France. Massive. 2 ½x2l/2 ....... . 1.00 COLL INSITE,...¾x2 ¼ ...........• 3.00 ALLEMONTITE, Allemont, France. With Arsenic. 3x2¼ . . . .•...... .• ~.00 TENORITE...VOLCANOES. By Charles A. Belz .... 516 DAUPH INY, FRANCE TRIPLITE FROM EL PASO COUNTY, COLO. By Arth11r...biotite (black fl akes ) , garnet (almandite) , and opal (hyalice). 11.0 miles. Pegmatite outcrops both sides...feldspar of the pegmatite and is flesh-colored. Opal ( Hyalite): Noted as small white bocryoidal crusts
	Hung, Chin-Chang, Gong, Gwo-Ching, Santschi, Peter H. (2012) 234Th in different size classes of sediment trap collected particles from the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 91. 60-74 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.017	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Proceedings, PartI (eds. P. Germain et al.). Cherbourg-Octeville, France, pp. 213–218. Noji T. T., Borsheim K... and Andrews J. (2002) Comparison of carbon and opal export rates between summer and spring bloom periods
	*Audley, James Aloysius (1921) Silica and the silicates. Baillière, London.*	Book
	....... Quartz and its varieties. Tridymite, Opal, Flint, Chalcedony, Agate, etc. Sands. Quartzite...absolutely compact. The transition from chalcedony to opal seems to be continuous, so that the last would be...Emborough (near Bristol) thus used for roads. Cherbourg Oilstone is a fine-grained hone-stone used with...Natural hydrated silica includes the varieties of opal. Opal is a natural colloidal silica, commonly occurring... "a its The proportion n or 25 per cent, to opal* is almost entirely soluble 12 per cent. Unlike
	*Rutten, M. G. (1969) The Geology of Western Europe. Elsevier, Amsterdam.*	Book
	a weeeaMya eae tadNe Granites of Flamanville (Normandy), and of Buk anata (Wosaes) SryiteSe eee ce ee...ey ne ee eee Otrer=Alpine younger-volcanics of France =. ieee iccl hace nt rere Composition of the volcanics...Rhine valley, the delta of the Rh6ne in southern France, the basin of the Guadalquivir in southwestern...for instance the Aquitaine Basin in southwestern France; the plateau of Swabia in southern Germany, classic...and the Harz Mountains. Further south we find Normandy and Brittany, the Massif Central, the Vosges,
	*Clowses, W. Laird (1890) Naval Warfare, 1860—1889, and some of its Lessons. Scientific American, 30 (772) 12333-12335 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican10181890-12333bsupp*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	the course of tlH'ir historieal fi g h t off Cherbourg. whell boarded by h e r captors, was a sham bles...read y proved the Danube by t h e explo,ion of t wo opal' torpedoeo d�vidua l frolll .,howing h illlself
	*Dana, James D. (1887) Manual of Mineralogy and Petrography* (4th ed.) John Wiley & Sons, New York.**	Book (edition)
	III. l. AND SILICATES. SILICA. 253 Quartz Opal 259 2. SILICATES. General Remarks.- 262 1. ...alluded to, and one example of these is the mineral opal, in which even the microscope detects no evidence...sometimes in minute portions supposed not to be opal. But if we exclude coals and resins this mineral...hexagonal in tridymite; and uncrystallizable in opal (G. Titanium dioxide has an orthorhombic form (G...as in some common talline. same signification. opal. Under this section occur also globular, botryoidal
	*Dana, James D. (1885) Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology* (5th ed.) Trübner & Co., London.**	Book (edition)
	1 . SiLDLVTLS. SILICA. TAGB Quartz 2 dd Opal 23 b * 2 Ceil oral . SILICATES. Remarks 212...alluded to, and one example of these is the mineral opal, in which even the microscope detects no evidence...sometimes in minute portions supposed not to be opal. But if we exclude coals and resins this Such facts...connected with a waxy lustre, as in some common opal. Under this section occur also globulary hotryoidaly...liesinous Example, some lustre of the yellow resins. opal, zinc blende. 4. Peanrly Example, talc, native magnesia
	*(1841) Transactions of the Geological Society* S. 2 Vol. 6. The Geological Society of London**	Journal (volume)
	Verneuil, Members of the Geological Society of France XXVI. ....... p. 303 p. 41 Description of...Guernsey. (Read Nov. immediate vicinity of Cherbourg. Maps, Plans, Sections and Models ; and to the...Geologique de France, tome troisieme, partie. 4to. Paris. The Geological Society of France. June 29...10. Bulletin de la Societe Aug. Geologique de France, tome 10, feuilles 12. Essai sur les Cavernes...Don GuillermoSchulz. Madrid, 1835. 16. Society France. accumules, par Marcel de Serres. 8vo. Montpellier
	*Rudwick, Martin J. S. (1997) Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones and Geological Catastrophes. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.*	Book
	librarians and staff at the libraries of the Institut de France and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in...himself becoming one when Montbéliard was annexed by France during the Revolution; and his cultural affinities...affinities were with the small Protestant minority in France, rather than with the dominant Catholic culture...nobleman with estates in Normandy. The position took Cuvier for the first time to France. Living in Caen, a...letter (text 1), Cuvier described the geology of Normandy. While his remarks on the wider setting are likely
	*Dunning, F. W., Garrard, P., Haslam, H. W., Ixer, R. A. - Eds.* (1989) Mineral Deposits of Europe Vol. 4/5 - Southwest and Eastern Europe, with Iceland. The Mineralogical Society.**	Book (volume)
	Emberger and the following national chapters: France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Spain by F. Vazquez...Romania and Yugoslavia; and Southwest Europe embraces France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Each volume has an...of large sedimentary basins Conclusions 30 31 France and Luxembourg by J. Bouladon Introduction 37...this introduction, comprises the territories of France, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain and Portugal. It covers...Production World ranking 17000 45000 I 2 100000 7 France Production World ranking Italy Production World
	*(1981) Phanerozoic Stromatolites. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-67913-1*	Book
	formed in coastal, fIlling up, lagoons ofN .W. France; the first grew on mud flats, the second on sand...features abounding in Cretaceous mound from S.E. France supposedly built by corals and/or rudistids. These...Eodevonian Stromatolites, Northeastern Armorican Massif, France J. PONCET (With 8 Figures) . . . . . . . . . ....Microbial Accretions in Cenomanian Mounds, S.E. France A.F. MAURIN, J. PHILIP, and P. BRUNEL (With 11...Eodevonian Stromatolites, Northeastern Armorican Massif, France J.PONCET 1 A. Introduction While revising the
	*(1836) Transactions of the Geological Society* S. 2 Vol. 4. The Geological Society of London**	Journal (volume)
	appearance across the Channel on the coast of Normandy, the their De Beche and subsequently by M....breccia on the coast of Dorset which are found in Normandy, reposing on the seem analogous to those similarly...valley of the Rille, and various adjacent parts of Normandy. speaks of aU these breccias under the head of...Giognostique Beche on the Geology of the North Coast of France, from Fecamp Trans. Second Series, vol. Henry...discovered it in The its Portland stone has not Normandy, but M. E'lie de Burgundy, and M. Dufrenoy occurs
	*(1915) SO-Z. In Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History)* Vol. 5.**	Book (volume)
	DU DEPARTEMENT DE L'OISE. .SVr HK.AIVAIS. CHERBOURG. SOCIETE NATIONALS ACADEMIQUE. SOCIETE ACADEMIQUE...MICROSCOFIE. See BRUSSELS. SOCIETE BOTANIQUE DE FRANCE. BOTANIQUE DE GENEVE. SOCIfiTE GENEVA. SOCIETE...CHIMIQUE DE PARIS. See PARIS. SOCIETE CRYFTOGAMIQUE DE FRANCE. See PARIS. SOCIETE CUVIERIENNE. See PARIS. SOCIETE...See PARIS. SOCIETB NATIONALS D'ACCLIMATATION DE FRANCE. SOCIETE D'AGRICULTURE DE CONSTANTINE. See CONSTANTINE...AMATEURS DBS SCIENCES ' SOCIETE ACADEMIQUE DE CHERBOURG. See SOCIETE POLYMATHIQUE SOCIETE BOTANIQUE
	*Pinkerton, J. (1811) Petralogy. A Treatise on Rocks* Vol. 1.**	Book (volume)
	degrees. For example, hard magnetic iron-stone and opal, have nearly the same hardness with semi-hard kupfernikel...plane, whose bottom lies towards the center of France, and which terminates in the Rhone upland that...Westrogothia in Sweden, or from The same Dauphiny in France. base, with fragments of quartz, from the same...iron-stone, 2 Berg. Jour. 1788. 485. " In the south of France it occurs, reposing granite, and underlaying...curious account of the manner of working those of France, near Angers, Journal des Mines. In his may
	*(1866) Proceedings. Journal of the Geological Society, 22 (1) doi:10.1144/gsl.jgs.1866.022.01-02.02*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	of Jurassic Fossils, chiefly Brachiopoda, from Normandy, including a series of minute fossils from the... . . . . . Miocene . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Normandy . . . . . . . . Jurassic & Cretaceous 4 Gosau...~urchison, Bart., F.R.S., F.G.S. Jurassic Fossils from Normandy; presented by RalphTate, Esq., F.G.S. Tertiary...Sciences of Belgium. Caen. Linnean Society of Normandy. Calcutta. Geological Survey of India. --, Bengal...Society. 9 American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cherbourg, Society of Natural Sciences of. Christiana, Royal
	*Williams, John (1810) The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom* (2nd ed.) Vol. 2. John Williams, Edinburgh.**	Book (volume)
	Britain 269 CONTENTS VI Page. the coal of France and Of 3, some other 320 countries Of Of...west. The Pyrenees, and run from which divide France from Spain, east to west, are steepest The of...crystallized, is found in micaceous in Switzerland, France, — Ceylanite mineral, found saltic rocks on...brought from Pegu and Cey- a native of Bohemia and France. fragments or crystallized, of a fine It is either...crystals. met with Norway. Axinite or also in France and Ihumerstone — at I Its re- also limestone
	Brongniart, Alexandre (1807) Traité élémentaire de minéralogie Vol. 2 - avec des applications aux arts : ouvrage destiné à le̓nseignement dans les lycées nationaux. Chez Deterville, Paris.	Book (volume)
	compléter de ce combustible. commencerons par la France l’histoire naturelle Nous en mines de Houille...de-Gier , tement de ; l’Ailier, &c. L’ouest de la France est un peu moins riche en mines de Houille. On...couche* supposées toutes n'en connoît , ; , France. COMBUSTIBLES COMPOSES. 12 d’Anzin , décriles... La ment autres métaux dans les fourneaux à manche , il faut qu’elle soit carbonisée. Ce n’est...Provence — dans département On trouve du Lignite en France — à Beleslat, dans les Pyrénées ; la : j
	*(1843) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie. Schweizerbart*	Journal (volume)
	13 Tafeln Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France\, Paris. 8° [Jahrb. 1842, vm]. 1842, Mai 2); XIII...pl. i—vm . Memoires de la Socie te geologique de France, Paris /, i—ii, — 90 — -791 791 4° [Jahrb...general des Sudeten et travaux scientifiques de la France et de Vetranger. Ie Section, Sciences mathematiques...letzte blos vor dem Schmelzen zu bestimmen denn manche krystallinische Gesteine enthalten flüssige ^UX...zum Theil völlig in Bimsstein umgewandelt , und manche Proben derselben mit etwas von der daran hängenden
	Brongniart, Alexandre (1807) Traité élémentaire de minéralogie Vol. 1 - avec des applications aux arts : ouvrage destiné à le̓nseignement dans les lycées nationaux. Chez Deterville, Paris.	Book (volume)
	Laumonite. Crocalite. ? ? (Edelite. Stilbite. Manche. Préhnite. cristallisée. orangée. Silice ,...beaucoup de magnésie sulfatée. On doit citer en France, dans les Pyrénées, les eaux chaudes de Barège...l'Ammoniaque muriatée de différentes manières en France et en divers autres lieux de l’Europe. Dans la... en assez grande quantité. On en trouve peu en France; on le cite en efflorescence sur la craie dans...l’eau du Tage en renferme. Boulduc l’a trouvée en France, près de Grenoble; elle est en efflorescence a
	*(1841) Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Council, with the President's Address, and Papers and Notices Read to the Society. Royal Geological Society of Cornwall*	Report (issue)
	the Geological Society of France. Becquerel, Member of the Institute of France, Paris. Henry S. Boase,...Axruinster. Cordier, Peer of France, V.P. Geological Society of France. John Davy, M.D., F.R.S., &c Henry... Dufrenoy, Member of the Geological Society of France, &c W. H. Fitton. M.D,. F.R.S., &c, London. John...Prevost, President of the Geological Society of France. John Prideaux, Plymouth. Rev. Adam Sedgwick, F...Murchison, f.r.s., and E de Vernenil, mem. Geol. Soc, France. By R. I. Mur chison, Esq., F.R.s., f.g.s., honorary
	*Howe, J. Allen (1914) A Handbook to the Collection of Kaolin, China-Clay and China-Stone in the Museum of Practical Geology. Museum of Practical Geology, London.*	Book
	prodi1ction . .. . .. 5 KA.OLINS.-Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal...House' ... ... .. . .. . .. . ... . .. ,, 11. Map of France... ... ... ... ..• ... .... . .. ,, 12. Geological... Geological map of the district arou11d Cambo; France . . . . .• ,, 23. Theoretical section of the formatio11...at present are, in England (Cornwall and Devon), France, Germany, Austria and the United States of America...china-clay will be found on the following pages : France, pp. 43 and 47; Germany, pp. 55-57; Austria, pp
	*Mather, Kirtley F. (1964) The Earth Beneath Us* (1st ed.) Random House, New York.**	Book (edition)
	in the granite near Pt. du Van in northeastern France may well be relics of the bedding of what was originally...pitted surfaces as those at Les Baux, southern France. (Othmar Stemmier) mmm slight, but when frequently...carbonic acid. As rain seeps into the ground, it France, is irregularly acquires additional carbon dioxide...of Biscay, northward from Bayonne, 85 Gironde, France. The sand then slides down the lee slope, causing...dune to migrate slowly inland. (Ray Delvert) France, there are seventeenth-century coastal villages

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Opal from Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France

Opal from
Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France