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Description: Perlite (volcanic glass with white powder appearance). Perlite is a volcanic glass that has many industrial applications, because of its light density and insulating properties.
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Transferred from the English language wikipedia Johan Lont at 11:53, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC). Original upload by w:en:User:Chris 73 .
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Common coin diameters for reference:
U.S. dollar (as of?):
1¢: 19.05 mm, 0.75 in
5¢: 21.21 mm, 0.84 in
10¢: 17.91 mm, 0.71 in
25¢: 24.26 mm, 0.94 in
50¢: 30.61 mm, 1.22 in
$1: 26.5 mm, 1.02 in
Canadian dollar (as of?):
1¢: 19.05 mm, 0.75 in
5¢: 21.2 mm, 0.83 in
10¢: 18.03 mm, 0.71 in
25¢: 23.88 mm, 0.94 in
50¢: 27.13 mm, 1.07 in
$1: 26.5 mm, 1.02 in
$2: 28 mm, 1.1 in
Pound sterling as of 2021:
1p: 20.32 mm, 0.8 in
2p: 25.91 mm, 1.02 in
5p: 18 mm, 0.71 in
10p: 24.5 mm, 0.96 in
20p: 21.4 mm, 0.84 in
50p: 27.3 mm, 1.07 in
£1: 23.03–23.43 mm, 0.91–0.92 in
£2: 28.4 mm, 1.12 in
Euro as of 2002:
1c: 16.25 mm, 0.64 in
2c: 18.75 mm, 0.74 in
5c: 21.25 mm, 0.84 in
10c: 19.75 mm, 0.78 in
20c: 22.25 mm, 0.88 in
50c: 24.25 mm, 0.95 in
€1: 23.25 mm, 0.92 in
€2: 25.75 mm, 1.01 in
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This image is a work of the "Minerals in Your World" project, a cooperative effort between the United States Geological Survey and the Mineral Information Institute . The images were featured in the "Minerals and Materials Photo Gallery" on the website of the U.S House Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain in the United States.
English Photograph of pieces of perlite beside an American penny to indicate scale.
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current 11:57, 7 May 2011 486 × 418 (46 KB) Materialscientist crop whitespace (plate is not the object)
11:46, 1 February 2005 600 × 449 (45 KB) Johan Lont Perlite (volcanic glass)
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