Sabkha / Desert Rose
Something beautiful found in the desert of Qatar. It is very beautiful, for those who haven't seen it yet. I recommend checkin it out.
One of the features associated with sabkha is the presence of gypsum crystals formed within the sabkha.
These appear as two crystalline forms. The first takes the shape of
fans of needle-like gypsum sand and appear where the stronger
structures are exposed as the lighter sands are moved away from them.
These tend to be found in the area south of Umm Said towards what is
known as the Inland Sea.
The second form have the appearance of agglomerated shells and are
familiarly known to English speakers as ‘desert roses’. They tend to be
found in low areas in the north and east of the country. They are
delicate and can be easily broken or affected by water. This individual
example is about 40mm in width and illustrates the roughness of its
granular sand construction.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saharan desert rose, 10 cm long.
Desert rose is the colloquial name given to rosette formations of the minerals gypsum and barite with poikilotopic sand inclusions. The 'petals' are crystals flattened on the c crystallographic axis, fanning open along characteristic gypsum cleavage planes. (See also: Crystallography)
The rosette crystal habit
tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions, such as
the evaporation of a shallow salt basin. Gypsum roses usually have
better defined, sharper edges than barite roses.
The desert rose may also be known by the names:
Pictures of desert roses from Büdingen, Hesse, Germany
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i have one desert rose
are you interested?
i have one desert rose.
how want? send me message
I would love to go and check them out, been trying to convince darude for like a year now lol. We'll discuss this with him live :D.
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Who the hell needs pot when u got Cookie dough :D
its so lovely! i want to take it for a souvenir...
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I want to go dig some up also...perhaps we can go together on a desert rose expedition!! I have friend what have many of them in their gardens..they are lovely!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
rogeryu, these desert rose are very sensetive, they break if u put a little pressure on them. Even thou there are ways to preserve them in a glass slab, they dont have them around.
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Who the hell needs pot when u got Cookie dough :D
Do they not sell it in shops?
Dracula its not QLAG :P
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Reverse driving only! :)
Darude, when r u taking us here???
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"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" - George Galloway.
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Swissy, thanks, I think ur days for smiling has come :). Too bad I dont have yahoo :'(, actually wait I will get on, come online now :D.
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Swissy yes really hun, lol... I dont stalk people, I just read their minds :D
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Swissy I know ur reasons lol... :D, how can I not no, u stopped sharing ur thoughts with me doesnt mean i dont see u :D
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Swissy for sure :D, I bet u wanna come cuz Ducks came here and had a great time... :D
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lol yay, if u come here we'll go and check them out :d
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swissy did u see this thread, or desert rose, something u will never find in switzerland :D
Una palabra no dice nada, Y al mismo tiempo, Lo esconde todo - Outlandish
Yea red sea is a blood bath lol...
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What about Red Sea?
Good job, isnt?
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Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.
so lets start with one area
it will be the red desert nothing better than hell
Dracula will only make it red :P with his own blood muahahaha :P
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Dracula
will u pls make that desert green again
lollllllll
IT WAS...
Now it's just desert...
so guess dracula is the creator of desert rose
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Now,yes!
Before it was juicy...
:)
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Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.
Dracula too bad it doesnt have blood hahaha :P
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.It is very beautiful and very expensive.
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Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.
Hey man, how r u bro??? long time no see :(
Dude dont worry about snakes, QLers r not food material lol..
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Beautiful but one should be careful of snakes !
If any cobra comes to know the secret he will turn his shape into such thing and wait for Qlers ;-p
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Mila ur welcome honey :)
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work of nature is indeed amazing.
Never go younger by a month, a hard bod is no substitute for wisdom.
-Angelica Houston, Material Girls
the mistery of nature. thanks for sharing this buddy
Everybody is right everybody is wrong it depends where you stand.
gd to know
Yousri, ur welcome.
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would be a lovely thing to have in the home and a good conversation piece too :)
Amazing.
chaud
WOO HOOO! I WANNNA TOUCH IT..
ITS REALLY NICE.
tHNX Xonic!
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