{"id":16663,"date":"2024-01-30T10:21:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=16663"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:33:19","slug":"desert-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=16663","title":{"rendered":"Desert Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gents – while sitting on my couch doing boring accounting work, I spied a Desert Rose sitting amongst all sorts of junk on a shelf. To pull this into WLBOTT<\/strong>, we need to include the Inland Sea of Qatar<\/strong> [Khawr al Udayd] into our tour. I retrieved the desert rose shown below from a beach there and it is now on my shelf – very interesting geological artifact. And the Qatari\u2019s, with unlimited wealth, hired Juan Nouvel to design their national museum in the same style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My rock:
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[ed. note: tamale for scale]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A desert rose<\/strong> is an intricate rose-like formation of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte, which include abundant sand grains. The “petals” are crystals flattened on the c axis, fanning open in radiating clusters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rosette crystal habit tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions, such as the evaporation of a shallow salt basin<\/em>. The crystals form a circular array of flat plates, giving the rock a shape similar to a rose blossom. Gypsum roses usually have better defined, sharper edges than baryte roses. Celestine and other bladed evaporite minerals may also form rosette clusters. They can appear either as a single rose-like bloom or as clusters of blooms, typically ranging from pea-sized to 10 centimetres (4 in) in diameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ambient sand that is incorporated into the crystal structure, or otherwise encrusts the crystals, varies with the local environment. If iron oxides are present, the rosettes take on a rusty tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The desert rose may also be known by the names: sand rose, Sahara rose, rose rock, selenite rose, gypsum rose and baryte (barite) rose.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And you thought Oklahoma <\/strong>had nothing going for it?
The rose rock was selected as the official rock of the US state of Oklahoma in 1968. <\/em>– Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com \u2013 CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=10140406<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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By Laura Pe\u00f1a – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=31798840<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Khawr al Udayd \u062e\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u064a\u062f: Inland Sea in Southern Qatar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dude – had two hard core geologists in my research group in Qatar and they took me on a day trip to the inland sea in southern Qatar. They just dug up the desert rose from a mud flat – the tops are visible. Very nice trip – dune bashing in pickup (with XOM approved driver) to get to site. Purely for research. Also to field trips to look for dugong carcasses on the beach. Bizarre place.<\/p>\nUC#3<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Visiting Qatar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UC#3, our interim Minister of Virtue and Vice<\/strong>, is establishing the corporate policy for “Just the Right Amount of Gay”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(From a Qatar World Cup Tourism Site<\/a>)
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Where to Stay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This new addition to the Doha skyline is called Katara Towers and is divided between two hotel brands, the Fairmont <\/strong>and the Raffles<\/strong>. Each occupies one half of the 300,000 square meter building, which is designed to resemble a pair of Qatari crossed scimitars.
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Breakfast Included:
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Even our most Melania-esque<\/strong><\/em> guests are vaguely satisfied with the accommodations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WLBOTT \/ Qatar Supply Chain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Heath Benefits of Crystal Clusters of Gypsum and\/or Baryte<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Desert Rose Health Benefits: The Soar Plexus Chakra<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Let us just say that we’ve been far too dismissive<\/em><\/strong> of New Age philosophy, especially as it applies to the Solar Plexus Chakra<\/strong>. Further research is indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A desert rose is an intricate rose-like formation of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte, which include abundant sand grains. The “petals” are crystals flattened on the c axis, fanning open in radiating clusters. The rosette crystal habit tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions, such as the evaporation of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[45,73,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-late-stage-capitalism","category-qatar","category-technoblott"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16663"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16753,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663\/revisions\/16753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}