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	Serpentine Grasslands - Natural Communities - Wildlife & Heritage Service
		Serpentine, or serpentinite, is a mineral producing dry, nutrient-poor soil deadly to plants not specially adapted to its unusual chemistry.
		Serpentine grasslands are not as rich in species or as densely vegetated as many other Piedmont habitats.
		Since the inhospitable serpentine soils were often the last areas to be forested, the serpentine grasslands were valued by settlers for livestock forage.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /wildlife/serpentine.asp (2004 words)

	Serpentine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Serpentine is said to owe its name either to its serpent-like colours and patterns or from an old belief that the stones were effective protection from snake bites.
		Soils derived from serpentine are toxic to many plants due to their high mineral content, and the flora is generally very distinctive, with specialised, slow-growing species.
		Serpentines find use in industry for a number of purposes, such as railway ballasts, building materials, and the asbestiform types find use as thermal and electrical insulation (chrysotile asbestos).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serpentine (953 words)

	serpentine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serpentine rocks and basalts in the central zone of the Appalachian Mts of the eastern United States represent sutures of old oceanic crust, known as ophiolites, crushed between colliding continents.
		Serpentine rocks are classified as common serpentine and precious serpentine, the common serpentine being darker, less translucent, and sometimes impure.
		Serpentine is sometimes used as a gem and the massive varieties are quarried.
	www.bartleby.com /65/se/serpenti.html (352 words)

	Serpentine National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serpentine National Park, best known for the waterfall that cascades over a sheer granite face, abounds with the scenic beauty of ancient landforms and verdant forest.
		Serpentine Falls has been one of the focal points of the area since the early European settlers came in droves to swim, picnic and enjoy a day out in the bush.
		The Serpentine River, the surrounding hills and the wetlands of the coastal plain provided the Nyoongars with fresh water, fish and other food resources such as tortoises, lizards and birds.
	www.naturebase.net /national_parks/previous_parks_month/serpentine.html (1437 words)

	SERPENTINE (Magnesium Iron Silicate Hydroxide)
		Serpentine is a major rock forming mineral and is found as a constituent in many metamorphic and weather igneous rocks.
		Serpentine is actually a general name applied to several members of a polymorphic group.
		Serpentine can be an attractive green stone that takes a nice polish and is suitable for carving.
	mineral.galleries.com /minerals/silicate/serpenti/serpenti.htm (472 words)

	GemRocks: Serpentine
		Therefore, masses that consist largely of serpentine minerals have been referred to in both older and recently published geological reports by names such as the Staten Island Serpentine (of Staten Island, New York and adjacent New Jersey) as well as by names such as the Cedar Hill Serpentinite (of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware).
		Ricolite - a banded serpentinite -- strictly speaking interbanded serpentine and talc -- from a quarry in the headwaters of Ash Creek (a south-flowing tributary of Gila River) in Grant County, southwestern New Mexico.
		Serpentine not otherwise identified is the official state rock of California.
	www.cst.cmich.edu /users/dietr1rv/serpentine.htm (1762 words)

	Serpentine Group (Mg6Si4O10(OH)8)
		Serpentine minerals are light to dark green, commonly varied in hue, and greasy looking; the mineral feels slippery.
		Serpentine is usually fine-grained and compact but may be granular, platy, or fibrous in appearance.
		“Serpentine in an altered harzbergite nodule in a kimberlite from Pennsylvania.
	www.und.edu /instruct/mineral/geol318/webpage/brandvik (2242 words)

	Maryland Geological Survey: Soldiers Delight Serpentine Barrens
		Soldiers Delight Serpentine Barrens is located in the Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area (NEA) in western Baltimore County.
		Serpentine is valued as a decorative building stone, road material, and, in two Maryland localities, a historic source of chromium ore. During the 19th century Soldiers Delight and the Bare Hills district of Baltimore City were the largest producers of chrome in the world.
		It is believed that this condition is due to the chemical composition of serpentine (a hydrous magnesium silicate), which prevents a vigorous growth of vegetation, thus allowing the soil to be rapidly eroded, leaving the dull, fractured, greenish-yellow serpentine rock exposed at the surface.
	www.mgs.md.gov /esic/features/soldiers.html (1036 words)

	ROCKS ~ SERPENTINE
		Serpentine is a very common secondary mineral, resulting from a hot water alteration of magnesium silicates (mostly peridotite), present in magma.
		Serpentine is actually the name for this mineral group and Serpentinite is actually the name for the rock group regardless of the type of dominant serpentine mineral.
		The name serpentine may come from the Latin word serpens, for "serpent." Some feel that the name "serpentine" is derived from the ancient belief that it cured a serpent's bite or because it resembled the dark green mottled variety of a serpent's skin.
	www.souledout.org /rsl/rocks/rocksserpentine.html (462 words)

	CPD: North America, Site NA16e & NA25, North American Serpentine Flora, U.S.A., Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Western Sierra Nevadan serpentine habitats are associated with the uplifting of the Sierran batholith and regions of vulcanism.
		Serpentine soil habitats are distinct due to a variety of influencing factors not controlled by local climate or elevational conditions.
		Serpentine native bunchgrass areas are considered to potentially represent examples of non-serpentine native grassland plant communities prior to the invasion of non-native Mediterranean grasses.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/na/na16e-25.htm (3320 words)

	Serpentine (lake) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Serpentine is a lake in Hyde Park, London.
		The Serpentine Art Gallery is located nearby in Kensington Gardens, and to its east is the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain.
		One unusual event each year occurs on New Year's Day, when the ice is broken and brave bathers dive into the cold waters of the lake.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serpentine_(lake) (210 words)

	ipedia.com: Serpentine Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serpentine is a group of common rock-forming hydrous magnesium iron silicate 3 Si 2 O 5 4) minerals.
		In mineralogy, serpentine may refer to any of 20 minerals belonging to the kaolinite-serpentine group.
		Serpentines find use in industry for a number of purposes, such as railway ballasts, building materials, and the asbestiform types as thermal and electrical insulation (chrysotile asbestos).
	www.ipedia.com /serpentine.html (926 words)

	SERPENTINE - Online Information article about SERPENTINE
		volume generally accompanies serpentinization, and thus are produced fissures which afford passage for the agents of alteration, resulting in the formation of an irregular mesh-like structure, formed of strings of serpentine enclosing kernels of olivine in the meshes, and this olivine may itself ultimately become serpentinized.
		The hardness of serpentine is between 3 and 4, while the specific gravity varies from 2.5 to 2.65.
		The rock called " ophicalcite " consists of an intimate association of serpentine with limestone, often forming an ornamental stone which is beautifully clouded and zoned with various shades of green.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SCY_SHA/SERPENTINE.html (3573 words)

	Walkabout - Serpentine
		Serpentine is a rural centre graced with shady green pepper trees and eucalypts and some pleasant homes and gardens.
		The reference is to the stands of red-gum which grow beside, and hence follow the snaking course of, the waterways.
		The epithet was transferred to Serpentine Creek and hence to the 'Serpentine' run (90 000 acres), taken up in 1843.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/VICSerpentine.shtml (768 words)

	Pennsylvania - Nottingham Serpentine Barrens
		The Nottingham Serpentine Barrens in Nottingham County Park is part of the State-Line Serpentine Barrens, the largest occurrence of serpentine barrens in the eastern United States.
		Serpentine soils at Nottingham are so low in essential nutrients and so high in metals toxic to many plants, including nickel and chromium, that most ordinary plants don't grow in the serpentine barrens.
		The sunbaked conditions on bare serpentine rock and gravel make the sites islands of desert-like habitat for rare, unusual plant species that are specially adapted to withstand heat and drought.
	nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/pennsylvania/preserves/art812.html (389 words)

	Serpentine Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serpentine stone boasts an array of colors that cannot be described.
		The name "Serpentine" comes from an association with the characteristics of a serpents skin.
		Serpentine is the most commonly used stone because of the varying hardness for both master sculptors, as well as his apprentice.Serpentine rates between 2.5 to 5.5, depending on mineral inclusions, on the universally used Mohs hardness scale,
	www.galleryofstone.com /stone_info/pages/serpentine_info2.htm (79 words)

	BAY NATURE: Serpentine Splendor: The Native Colors of Edgewood Park
		Above the serpentine, the greenstone (metamorphosed basalt) of the preserve’s central ridge rises to 872 feet.
		Serpentine inherits this unusual composition, and soil derived from it challenges plants with a chemical double whammy.
		Serpentine soils also tend to be crumbly and shallow, so they dry out quickly, essentially shortening the growing season.
	www.baynature.com /2004apriljune/ott_edgewood.html (2614 words)

	Serpentine8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serpentine’s passionate chant-singing is rooted in many genres including World, Rock, Goth, New Age and Pop, but no other genre ignited her daring musical exploration more than Jazz.
		Prior to that Serpentine had already made her way into the upper echelon of performing arts in New York.
		Later influenced by Middle Eastern and Mediterranean sounds, by the mid 80’s Serpentine began applying these new styles to her own angle of world-pop-music.
	home.earthlink.net /~serpentine8 (447 words)

	Serpentine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serpentine's unique vision and vocal mastery place her in a category all her own.
		Serpentine's live performances at N.Y.'s Knitting Factory thrilled critics and expanded her fans to lovers of alternative, gothic, world, and ambient music.
		Serpentine was contracted to compose the score for their Intimate Portrait Series on Witches, which features tracks from Rock the Goddess.
	www.ladyslipper.org /serpentine.html (268 words)

	The Serpentine Group
		Serpentine is an Oceanic Rock and found in rocks of what was once ocean floors and along fault lines; and this is why so much is found in California.
		Serpentine colors are all of GREEN nature's from Color Magick; from the darkest greenish-fls, through greenish-grays, yellowish-greens, into the dark and light truer colored greens.
		Serpentine Jade is not Jade but is a form of Serpentine that has enough mass to be carved into intricate forms, much as Jade can be carved.
	www.denelder.com /crystals/serpentine.html (497 words)

	Welcome To Serpentine Falls \| Serpentine - Western Australia
		Serpentine Falls, located in the Serpentine Falls National Park is a beautiful location to take you and or the family for a day trip.
		Serpentine Falls are located in the Serpentine Falls National Park just outside the town of Serpentine which about 35 minutes drive East of Mandurah.
		The Serpentine Falls National Park is open from 8.30am to 5pm daily with an entry fee of $9 per car.
	www.mymandurah.com /serpentinefalls.html (199 words)

	A NYC Parkland, Serpentine Art & Nature Commons
		The Serpentine Art and Nature Commons is a not-for-profit community based organization devoted to the preservation of the 35 acres of wooded hillside on Grymes Hill, Staten Island, New York.
		But according to geologists, the name serpentine is given to this rock type because of certain characteristics observable only under a microscope.
		The Serpentine Commons is located in the hilly town of Stapleton in Staten Island, New York.
	www.preserve.org /serpentine (1009 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania - State-Line Serpentine Barrens
		Cactus-like vegetation, including serpentine aster and round-leaved fameflower, thrived in the dry landscape and even perpetuated it with their flammability.
		The Nature Conservancy has worked to protect globally rare serpentine barrens since 1979, when it joined Chester County’s “Concerned Citizens of West Nottingham Township” to oppose the quarrying of serpentine rock near the Goat Hill Barrens.
		A similar agreement exists with a private landowner at the New Texas Barrens in Lancaster County, where the Conservancy conducts ecological restoration and habitat improvement to ensure the unique barren habitats still in existence, continue to thrive.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/pennsylvania/preserves/art1594.html (796 words)

	Serpentine Society \| Join Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Serpentine Society provides financial support for the Resource Center, helps secure in-donations for LGBTQ organizations on Grounds, like the Queer Student Unionand supports various student organizations and University offices in connecting queer and allied alumni with students, faculty and staff.
		We advocate on behalf of and in furtherance of the interests of the University of Virginia and its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender alumni, students, faculty and staff.
		Serpentine Society membership requires no dues and we encourage members to join us in supporting our initiatives on Grounds with a tax deductible donation.
	www.uvaalumniassociation.com /serpentine/joinus.html (647 words)

	Serpentinite - Presidio of San Francisco
		Since it is derived from mantle material, the chemistry of serpentinite is unlike that of most rocks in the earth's crust.
		Serpentinite rock is mostly composed of a mineral called serpentine.
		Fibrous asbestos is one of the forms of the mineral serpentine.
	www.nps.gov /prsf/geology/serpent.htm (265 words)

	Ecotypic Variation in Ectomycorrhizal Fungi from Serpentine Soils
		We established six plots on serpentine soils (Virginia pine scrub forest) and closely associated non-serpentine soils (northern red oak forest) at the Soldiers Delight Environmental Area in Owings Mills, Maryland.
		To study the contribution of the plant genotype to success on serpentine soils, Virginia pine seedlings were grown in a greenhouse and exposed to a set of soil solution factors designed to reflect serpentine environments.
		There were no differences between populations in their responses to nickel, suggesting that the trees growing naturally on serpentine soils are not an adapted subpopulation of the species as a whole.
	www.caf.wvu.edu /wvafes/WVA00136.htm (369 words)

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