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Contemporary Raw Crystal and Mineral Jewelry by Adam Rabbit

Adam Rabbit is a collection of modern raw crystal and mineral jewelry inspired by obscurity, mysticism, beauty, nature and love. Featured by famous publications, including, the Urban Outfitters blog, Editorial Magazine, Noble House Magazine, The Everything Guide to Selling Arts and Crafts Online, Adam Rabbit is a union between beauty and magic.

Born right out of a tiny corner in the artist’s kitchen counter, the first designs were conceived from the frustration of acquiring a unique and spellbinding piece of jewelry. Made with some of the most beautiful minerals, which include quartz, pyrite, agate, amethyst, and tourmaline, each creation holds an antique and rustic vulnerability, which elevate its charm. The contrasting raw minerals and copper finish embody an interesting dichotomy between vintage and modern jewelry design.

When Adam Rabbit’s designer is not smashing rocks, she can usually be found at school or as a  6th-grade special education teacher, who uses jewelry making as a creative outlet. Find her entire collection in her Etsy shop.

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In Your Element! The Chemistry of Fireworks

The art of using mixtures of chemicals to produce explosives is an ancient one to say the least. Black powder - a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur - was being used in China well before 1000 AD and is also used in military explosives, construction blasting and, of course, fireworks. Years and years ago fireworks just used to be basically rockets and loud bangs and the colours such as orange and yellow came from charcoal and iron fillings. However, great advances in chemistry in the 19th century had new compounds finding their way into fireworks. Salts of copper, strontium, and barium added some brilliant colours. Magnesium and aluminum metals gave a dazzling white light.

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Wanwan Bai

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Untitled // Anthony Samaniego

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Surreal Monochromatic GIFs by Carl Burton

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Karolis Strautniekas

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TOP TEN COOLEST JELLYFISH SPECIES

1. Fried egg jellyfish

2. Blue button jellyfish

3. Flower hat jellyfish

4. Crown jellyfish

5. Atolla jellyfish

6. Black sea nettle jellyfish

7. Purple striped jellyfish

8. Comb jellyfish

9. Lion’s mane jellyfish

10. Blubber jellyfish

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The comb jelly (#8) is actually not a jellyfish, despite its common name! True jellyfish belong to the class Scyphozoa, which belongs to the phylum Cnidaria, which also includes anemones and corals. The comb jelly is actually in an entirely different phylum, Ctenophora! Ctenophores look a lot like jellyfish but in actuality, there are a lot of differences in how ctenophores and jellies move, feed, and reproduce. The “combs” are actually cilia that the ctenophores fan and use to move, as opposed to jellies, who fill up their bell with water and then contract muscles and use jet propulsion to move. 

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