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Greenstone And Caples Conservation Areas
__NOTOC__ Greenstone may refer to: Geology * Greenstone (archaeology), various types of stone used by early cultures, covering jade and similar stones * Greenstone belt, Archean and Proterozoic volcanic–sedimentary rock sequences * Isle Royale greenstone Chlorastrolite, found in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan and Isle Royale in the US * Pounamu (New Zealand jade/greenstone), several types of hard and durable stone found in southern New Zealand * Greensand (geology), glauconite bearing sandstone and a geologic formation in the UK * Greenschist, metamorphosed mafic volcanic rock and a metamorphic facies * Elvan, a quartz-porphyry found in Cornwall, UK Places * Greenstone, Ontario, a municipality in Canada * Greenstone, Queensland, a locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Australia * Greenstone Hill, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa * Greenstone Point, a high rock spur along the north front of Jones Mountains, Antarctica * Greenstone River, river in the Otago/Southland regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone (archaeology)
Greenstone is a common generic term for valuable, green-hued minerals and metamorphosed igneous rocks and stones which early cultures used in the fashioning of hardstone carvings such as jewelry, statuettes, ritual tools, and various other artifacts. Greenstone artifacts may be made of greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, chrysoprase, olivine, nephrite, chloromelanite among other green-hued minerals. The term also includes jade and jadeite, although these are perhaps more frequently identified by these latter terms. The greenish hue of these rocks generally derives from the presence of minerals such as chlorite, hornblende, or epidote.Kipfer (2000, p.218) Greenstone minerals were presumably selected for their color rather than their chemical composition. In archaeology therefore, having a loosely applied general term is at least partially influenced by the observation that ancient cultures often used and considered these various green-hued materials as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone Hill
Greenstone Hill is a suburb on the East Rand in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is in-between Edenvale to the south and Modderfontein to the north. Transport It is located within a short drive to O. R. Tambo International Airport (IATA: JNB, ICAO: FAOR), which is Africa's biggest and busiest airport and a major international and domestic transport hub in the region. Greenstone Hill, along with its neighboring town of Edenvale, are within close proximity to 4 major roads, these being the N3 freeway ( Johannesburg Eastern Bypass), the R24 freeway (which runs from Johannesburg city centre to O.R. Tambo International Airport), Modderfontein Road (R25) and the N12 highway. Public transport The rapid rail line Gautrain passes to the east and the north of Greenstone Hill and the closest stations are Rhodesfield and Marlboro Marlboro (, ) is an American brand of cigarettes owned and manufactured by Philip Morris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfizer
Pfizer Inc. ( ) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered at The Spiral (New York City), The Spiral in Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1849 in New York by German entrepreneurs Charles Pfizer (1824–1906) and Charles F. Erhart (1821–1891), Pfizer is one of the oldest pharmaceutical companies in North America. Pfizer develops and produces medicines and vaccines for immunology, oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, and neurology. The company's largest products by sales are the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ($11 billion in 2023 revenues), apixaban ($6 billion in 2023 revenues), a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ($6 billion in 2023 revenues), palbociclib ($4 billion in 2023 revenues), and tafamidis ($3 billion in 2023 revenues). In 2023, 46% of the company's revenues came from the United States, 6% came from Japan, and 48% came from other countries. Pfizer has been a publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone TV
Greenstone TV (or simply Greenstone) is a New Zealand-based television production A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming plat ... company who produce factual, entertainment, drama and documentary television programs. Productions have been made for TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, Three (TV channel), Three and Prime (New Zealand TV channel), Prime in New Zealand, and the Seven Network in Australia. Greenstone was founded in 1994 by John Harris. In December 2013, Greenstone was purchased by Australian company CJZ (Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder) creating an independent international production group. Greenstone’s Chairman is Richard Driver, appointed in 2017. Notable programs produced by Greenstone include long-running factual series ''Motorway Patrol'', ''Highway Patrol (Australian TV series), Highw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone Financial Services
Greenstone Financial Services (Greenstone) is an insurance distributor founded in 2007 in Sydney, Australia. It specialises in designing, marketing, distributing, and administering personal insurance products, including life, funeral, income protection, pet, home, health, landlords, car, and travel insurance. Greenstone operates in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The company distributes insurance products under both proprietary brands and affinity partnerships, using a direct-to-consumer model. History Greenstone was established in 2007 as part of the Hollard Insurance Group’s expansion in Australia. In its first year, the company began distributing insurance under the Real Insurance Real Insurance is a trading name in Australia of Greenstone Financial Services (company), Greenstone Financial Services Pty Ltd (GFS) which acts as the retail agent of Hollard Group, The Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd for the distribution of a ra ..., which later became one of its flagship offe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone Building
The Greenstone Building, officially the Greenstone Government of Canada Building, and sometimes known as the Greenstone Government Building, is located on Franklin (50th) Avenue in downtown Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is a four-storey building faced in stone, completed and opened in 2005. Within are the local offices of 16 federal government agencies. Prior to the building's construction they were scattered in different buildings around the city. The name comes from greenstone, a rock found in great quantity in the area, from which the gold that led to Yellowknife's development was extracted. The building reflects that past in two other ways. Its interior stair tower is sided in slanted boards that recall the mineshaft towers still standing, and the location of a prominent local fault beneath the building is marked on the lobby floor. It was designed by the Edmonton firm of Manasc Isaac to be environmentally sustainable. Its central atrium has a curtain w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone (software)
Greenstone is a suite of software tools for building and distributing digital library collections on the Internet or CD-ROM. It is open-source, multilingual software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato, and has been developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO in Belgium. The developers of Greenstone received the International Federation for Information Processing The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a global organisation for researchers and professionals working in the field of computing to conduct research, develop standards and promote information sharing. Established in 19 ...'s 2004 Namur Award for "contributions to the awareness of social implications of information technology, and the need for an holistic approach in the use of information technology that takes account of social implications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone River
The Greenstone River is a river in the Otago Region of New Zealand. It arises as the McKellar Branch in the Ailsa Mountains and as the Pass Burn in the Thomson Mountains, and joins the Caples River to flow into upper Lake Wakatipu. It is probably named because greenstone was found in the area. The Greenstone Track follows the river north along the McKellar Branch to Lake McKellar, joining the Hollyford Track. Another track follows the Pass Burn and reaches North Mavora Lake. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as rivers in New Zealand. A * Aan River * Acheron River (Canterbury) * Acheron River (Marlborough) * Ada River (New Zealand), Ada River * Adams River (New Zealand), Adams River * Ahaura River * Ahuriri R ... * Greenstone and Caples Tracks References Land Information New Zealand- Search for Place Names Rivers of Otago Rivers of New Zealand {{Otago-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone Point
The Jones Mountains () are an isolated group of mountains, trending generally east–west for , situated on the Eights Coast, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, about south of Dustin Island. Location The Jones Mountains lie to the south of the Eights Coast, south of the Abbot Ice Shelf and southeast of Thurston Island. Features of the southern part include, from west to east, Miller Crag, Sutley Peak, Walk Glacier, Forbidden Rocks and Christoffersen Heights. Features of the northern part include, from west to east, Pillsbury Tower, Bonnabeau Dome, Cache Heights, Inspiration Rocks, Gopher Glacier, Anderson Dome and Mount Loweth. Discovery and naming The charts of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, show mountains in this approximate location and relationship to Dustin and Thurston Islands, indicating they were sighted in the flight from the ship ''Bear'', February 27, 1940. The mountains appear in distant air photos taken by United States Navy Operation Highjump, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone, Queensland
Greenstone is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. History In April 2023, the Queensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities named Corymbia, Greenstone, Lilywood, Wagtail Grove, and Waraba by excising parts of the existing localities of Bellmere, Rocksberg, Upper Caboolture, and Wamuran. Greenstone was created from land formerly within Rocksberg. The locality takes its name from Rocksberg Greenstone, a unique igneous rock type found in the area. Education There are no schools in Greenstone. The nearest government primary school is Bellmere State School in Bellmere to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Tullawong State High School in Caboolture to the north-east and Morayfield State High School Morayfield State High School is a public, coeducational high school in Morayfield, Queensland, Australia. It opened on 28 January 1981. Campus Morayfield H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade
Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or Ornament (art), ornaments. Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminum in the pyroxene group of minerals). Nephrite is typically green, although may be yellow, white or black. Jadeite varies from white or near-colorless, through various shades of green (including an emerald green, termed 'imperial'), to Lavender (color), lavender, yellow, orange, brown and black. Rarely it may be blue. Both of these names refer to their use as gemstones, and each has a mineralogically more specific name. Both the amphibole jade (nephrite) and pyroxene jade are mineral aggregates (rocks) rather than mineral species. Nephrite was deprecated by the International Mineralogical Association as a mineral species name in 1978 (replaced by tremolite). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstone, Ontario
Greenstone is a single-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario with a population of 4,636 according to the 2016 Canadian census. It stretches along Highway 11 from Lake Nipigon to Longlac and covers . The town was formed in 2001, as part of municipal re-organization under the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario. It combined the former Townships of Beardmore and Nakina, the Towns of Geraldton and Longlac with large unincorporated portions of Unorganized Thunder Bay District. It is the administrative office of the band government for the Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation. Communities Greenstone includes the communities of Beardmore, Caramat, Geraldton, Jellicoe, Longlac, Macdiarmid, Nakina and Orient Bay. The municipal administrative offices are located in Geraldton. Nakina and Caramat are entirely exclaved from the rest of the municipality's territory. File:Geraldton ON.JPG, Geraldton File:Beardmore ON.JPG, Beardmore File:Longl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
