EditorialVirra Malli. The Viralimalai rock south of Trichinopoly, 1772-73. An outcrop of rock, apparently granitic gneiss, with two buildings, one extending along the front, and another much smaller, upon the top of the mound. 1772 - 73. Oi paint on canvas. Sou...
EditorialSpecimens of Rocks. Proof of an Illustration for Wright's 'Globe Prepared for Man'., Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850, British, after 1850, Aquatint, etching and color woodcut on thick, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 13/16 inches (18.5...
EditorialWilliam Till, Rock Harmonicon, British, William Till, ca. 1880, United Kingdom, British, gneiss and hornblende schist, Overall: H. 106.7 x L. 247.7cm (42 x 97 1/2in.); Longest stone: 77 cm (26 in.); Shortest: 22.9 cm (9 in.), Idiophone-Struck-bar-stone.
EditorialLimestone horse, Archaic, 6th century B.C. (?), Cypriot, Gneiss, Overall: 1 3/4 ? 1 ? 3 1/2 in. (4.4 ? 2.5 ? 8.9 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone, The the legs and the end of the nose are missing. The body is quite realistic. The mane is articulated with a loz...
EditorialVista da doca na Ilha das Cobras excavad no gneiss s?lido mostrando o car?cter monolithico da mesma rocha, Marc Ferrez (Brazilian, 1843 - 1923), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1875 - 1876, Albumen silver print, 19.1 ? 25.2 cm (7 1/2 ? 9 15/16 in.).
EditorialVirra Malli. The Viralimalai rock south of Trichinopoly, 1772-73. An outcrop of rock, apparently granitic gneiss, with two buildings, one extending along the front, and another much smaller, upon the top of the mound. 1772 - 73. Oi paint on canvas. Sou...
EditorialVirra Malli. The Viralimalai rock south of Trichinopoly, 1772-73. An outcrop of rock, apparently granitic gneiss, with two buildings, one extending along the front, and another much smaller, upon the top of the mound. 1772 - 73. Oi paint on canvas. Sou...
EditorialLimestone horse, Archaic, 6th century B.C. (?), Cypriot, Gneiss, Overall: 1 3/4 ? 1 ? 3 1/2 in. (4.4 ? 2.5 ? 8.9 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone, The the legs and the end of the nose are missing. The body is quite realistic. The mane is articulated with a loz...
EditorialSenwosret III as a Sphinx, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1878?1840 B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Karnak, Gneiss, L. 73 ? W. 29.5 ? H. 42.5 cm, 114.3 kg (28 3/4 ? 11 5/8 ? 16 3/4 in., 252 lb.), Because of their strength, ferocit...
EditorialKing Sahure and a Nome God, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, ca. 2458?2446 B.C., From Egypt, Gneiss, H: 64 cm (25 3/16 in); W: 46 cm (18 1/8 in); D: 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in), This is the only preserved three-dimensional representation that has been identified as Sa...
EditorialMINERALOGIA. MINERALES. GNEISS ( NEIS ). ROCA METAMORFICA COMPUESTA DE FELDESPATO , CUARZO Y MICA CON TEXTURA ESQUISITOSA. EJEMPLAR PROCEDENTE DE FRIBERG.ALEMANIA. INSTITUTO GEOMINERO. MADRID.
EditorialTHE DHAMMA SHAN KYANK PYA; The rock shown is a piece of gneiss, and the story goes that the Nat thamie, or the daughters of the spirits of the woods, used to go and amuse themselves by sliding down the rock. It is said by going and sliding down this ro...