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... Colour . Minerals occur in a great variety of colours . Because colour varies not only from one mineral to an- other but also within the same mineral ( or mineral group ) , the observer must learn in which minerals it is a constant ...
... Colour . Minerals occur in a great variety of colours . Because colour varies not only from one mineral to an- other but also within the same mineral ( or mineral group ) , the observer must learn in which minerals it is a constant ...
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... colour system The major studios. audible pyrotechnics of the recently invented Thompson submachine gun . Subgenres of the gangster film appeared in the ... colours . For the next 25 years almost every colour film made. 384 Motion Pictures.
... colour system The major studios. audible pyrotechnics of the recently invented Thompson submachine gun . Subgenres of the gangster film appeared in the ... colours . For the next 25 years almost every colour film made. 384 Motion Pictures.
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... colour temperature . These lamps are now sometimes provided with a special multilayered filter to give a bluish light that approaches the colour of daylight . Halogen lamps give brilliant light from a compact unit and are particularly ...
... colour temperature . These lamps are now sometimes provided with a special multilayered filter to give a bluish light that approaches the colour of daylight . Halogen lamps give brilliant light from a compact unit and are particularly ...
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