Sentences with phrase «formed pieces of rock»

It is hard to look back that far and determine what could have formed pieces of rock a few millimeters in diameter, quickly melted that rock, and then encased those liquid droplets in other rock.

Not exact matches

«Here's a piece of quartz, it was formed... well, nevermind, I can't teach you where it came from because that would be teaching the origin of this rock.»

When earth was first formed with, you know, giant pieces of rock smashing, you know, impacting together, they were maybe 200 or so minerals created through the formation of the solar system and so on.

The meteorite, ALH84001, began as a rather unremarkable piece of volcanic rock that formed about 4.5 billion years ago, on Mars.

It is a rare processional cross, which has been formed by 24 pieces of Valencia and rock crystal which have been finely carved.

Big Rock Candy Mountain is another cross-sectional composition in which elliptical forms, in sculptural relief and arrayed on the bottom half of the piece, are encrusted with gem - like materials.

Marcel Wanders» total environment will include several bodies of work: large abstract figural mirrors, such as Dysmorphophobia 1, 2 and 3, with carved details and cutouts, create an illusion of a character or ghostly figure; Self 2 is a steel cabinet and kinetic piece, balancing a sculptural ovoid form that abstracts a human head and physically rocks on the top surface; Tempter, an over-sized adult rocking unicorn is cast in bronze with metal chain stirrups; Shiqule Nuhai, two ceramic vases, monumental in height, reference Marcel Wanders» Delft Blue collection with a darker sensibility, using black glaze.

In addition to clay and layers of glaze, Regel also uses volcanic rock materials, basalt, granite, and feldspars to form the main body of her pieces, resulting in visually complex surfaces and textures.

«If you weight a piece of string and submerge it in a glass of water saturated with dissolved sugar, over a period of hours you'll see crystals, «rock candy,» start to form...»

In addition to clay and layers of glaze, Regel also uses volcanic rock, basalt, granite, and feldspars to form the main body of her pieces, resulting in visually complex textures.

The limestone and sandstone used in her pieces are sedimentary rocks that have formed over humanly incomprehensible durations, millions of years.