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ideas we try to be part of your life. Visit us. Mineralis Museum. Argentina.
In the image you can see some minerals that are part of its
traveling collection. "Let's work together" program.
Fulgurita: Nombre que proviene del latín fulgur,
“relámpago”. Es sílice vitrificada. Impactita producida por rayo sobre arena,
el impacto hace que los granos de sílice se fundan y se fusionen con
posterioridad, formando una especie de raíz hueca de poco grosor y gran
ramificación. Estas estructuras se pueden hallar en desiertos y dunas
litorales. Material muy frágil.
Fulgurite: Name that comes from the Latin fulgur,
"lightning". It is vitrified silica. Impactite produced by lightning
on sand, the impact causes the silica grains to melt and subsequently fuse,
forming a kind of hollow root of little thickness and great ramification. These
structures can be found in deserts and coastal dunes. Very fragile material.
Museo Mineralis. Argentina.
In the image you can see some minerals that are part of its
traveling collection. "Let's work together" program.
Recuerdo de otros tiempos. Libro: Argentina y sus grandezas. (1910) Primera
edición. Escrito por Vicente Blasco Ibáñez en homenaje a la Argentina y al
Centenario de la Revolución de Mayo de la República Argentina.
Biografía: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. (1867-1928). Español nacido en Valencia.
Fue escritor, conferencista, periodista, editor, novelista, político y
colonizador. Llega a la Argentina en 1909 invitado para dar una serie de
conferencias, recorriendo distintas provincias y países limítrofes. Después
regresa a Madrid para escribir Argentina y sus Grandezas. Vuelve a la Argentina
y recorre La Patagonia y el río Paraná con el objeto de formar colonias entre
1911 y 1913, entre ellas Nueva Valencia (Pcia. de Corrientes) desarrollando el
cultivo de arroz y Cervantes (Pcia. de Río Negro), ambos proyectos fracasarían.
Entre 1914 y 1923 se consagra como escritor internacional famoso con su novela
más conocida Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis en 1916. Fallece en Menton,
Francia el 28 de Enero de 1928.
Memory of other times. Book: Argentina y sus Grandezas. (1910) First
edition. Written by Vicente Blasco Ibañez in homage to Argentina and the
Centenary of the May Revolution of the Argentine Republic.
Biography: Vicente Blasco Ibañez. (1867-1928). Spanish born in Valencia. He
was a writer, lecturer, journalist, editor, novelist, politician and colonizer.
He arrives in Argentina in 1909 invited to give a series of conferences,
visiting different provinces and neighboring countries. Then he returns to
Madrid to write Argentina y sus Grandezas. He returns to Argentina and travels
through Patagonia and the Paraná River in order to form colonies between 1911
and 1913, including Nueva Valencia (Province of Corrientes) developing rice
cultivation and Cervantes (Province of Río Negro), both projects they would
fail. Between 1914 and 1923 he established himself as a famous international
writer with his best-known novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in 1916.
He died in Menton, France on January 28, 1928.
Tektite: Impactite. Name derived
from the Greek "Tektos" which means melted. Natural gray to black
glass produced by meteorite impact. Its composition highlights the low presence
of water and molten zircon. This material can be hundreds of kilometers away
from the impact site. They are found in North America, Central Europe, West
Africa, Australia and Asia, they are given different names depending on their
location (Indochinite, Filipinite, Australite). Age: According to locality
between 0.7 and 35 million years. Ornamental use.
