• The Serpentine Similar is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Gastr del Sol, released on June 1, 1993, by TeenBeat Records. The album was...
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    formed by serpentinization include the serpentine group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), brucite, talc, Ni-Fe alloys, and magnetite. The mineral...
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    derivatives such as serpentinite. More precisely, serpentine soil contains minerals of the serpentine subgroup, especially antigorite, lizardite, and chrysotile...
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  • various unreleased studio and live recordings made by the band between 1993 and 1998. The Serpentine Similar (Teenbeat/Drag City, 1993) Twenty Songs Less (Teenbeat...
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    in jazz January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992. January 9 – The Bodyguard: Original...
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    A serpentine streamer is a type of party accessory made out of long strips of paper, wound up in a roll, which form snakelike patterns in the air when...
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  • list of the best post-rock albums. John McEntire's band The Sea and Cake derived their name from his mishearing of the title of the song "The C in Cake"...
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    John McEntire (category The Sea and Cake members)
    their musical direction and became the first incarnation of Gastr Del Sol. Their debut album, The Serpentine Similar, was released in 1993. McEntire and...
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    fibrous silicate mineral in the serpentine subgroup of phyllosilicates; as such, it is distinct from other asbestiform minerals in the amphibole group. Its idealized...
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    album, The Serpentine Similar. Rode Hard and Put Up Wet (LP, MiniAlbum, Homestead Records, 1988) Diablo Guapo (LP/CD, Homestead Records, 1989) Sing the Troubled...
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  • and as such are seen with cultural elements of similar regions, including Mesoamerican cultures. The Serpent Men, reptilian humanoids who can project...
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    Gunpowder (redirect from Serpentine powder)
    too slowly. Typically, the breech-loading powder chamber in the rear of the piece was filled only about half full, the serpentine powder neither too compressed...
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  • The following is a list of releases by Teen-Beat. TeenBeat Records was established in 1984. Each item in the list includes the catalogue number, artist...
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    mythical creature similar to a dragon. In legend they were portrayed as serpentine creatures who possessed venomous breath and prowled the countryside of...
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    The Serpentine Dam is a major water supply dam for Perth, Western Australia. The dam is used to store water that is released at a controlled rate to regulate...
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    Teresa Knowlton (named Jennie Bollivar in the book Serpentine), who was found drowned in a tidal pool in the Gulf of Thailand, wearing a flowered bikini...
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    Connemara marble (category National symbols of the Republic of Ireland)
    hydrothermal fluids from the late Caledonian Galway granites, altered the calc-silicates to minerals of the serpentine subgroup. The layers of marble are...
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  • downwards. He has the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, eagle-like taloned feet, two pairs of wings, a scorpion's tail, and a serpentine penis. Pazuzu...
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    Lost City Hydrothermal Field (category Volcanism of the Atlantic Ocean)
    It is a long-lived site of active and inactive ultramafic-hosted serpentinization, abiotically producing many simple molecules such as methane and hydrogen...
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  • A wide variety of gunpowder artillery weapons were created in the medieval and early modern period. Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact, Jeff...
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  • The Serpentine River flows from the unorganized territory of Lac-Lapeyrère, Quebec, located in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative...
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    Korea as fierce but benevolent serpentine dragons alike), the Vietnamese dragon is the symbol of yang, representing the universe, life, existence, and...
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    S.; Soltis, Pamela S. (October 1994). "The Evolution of Serpentine Endemics: A Chloroplast DNA Phylogeny of the Streptanthus glandulosus Complex (Cruciferae)"...
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    George Fisher (musician) (category Serpentine Dominion members)
    American death metal vocalist who is the lead singer of Cannibal Corpse, Paths of Possession and the supergroup Serpentine Dominion. In 1991, Fisher made his...
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    Serpentine minerals have a sheet or layered structure. Chrysotile (commonly known as white asbestos) is the only asbestos mineral in the serpentine group...
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  • "the serenity of the largely aquatic underground world framed by majestic stalagmites and serpentine corridors succeeds in capturing the moviegoer’s attention...
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    with hornblende or actinolite, magnesium clinochlore chlorite, talc, serpentine-antigorite minerals or metamorphic pyroxene. Magnesium-rich cummingtonite...
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    Antigorite (category Serpentine group)
    in the phyllosilicate serpentine subgroup with the ideal chemical formula of (Mg,Fe2+)3Si2O5(OH)4. It is the high-pressure polymorph of serpentine and...
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    Tyana's defeat of a lamia-seductress inspired the poem "Lamia" by John Keats. Lamia has been ascribed serpentine qualities, which some commentators believe...
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  • Serpentine is a maze video game written by David Snider for the Apple II and published by Broderbund in 1982. Serpentine's gameplay and visuals are similar...
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