Orion Constellation and Kola Peninsula...

[december]

Does anyone know if there is a connection between Orion Constellation and Kola Peninsula?

[december]

http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/images/2005/img20050101_01_Orion.jpg

Orion a constellation often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation, one of the largest and perhaps the best-known and most conspicuous in the sky. Its brilliant stars are found on the celestial equator and are visible throughout the world, making this constellation globally recognized. In the northern hemisphere Orion is visible in the evening from November to April.

According to the most common contemporary imagery: Orion is standing next to the river Eridanus with his two hunting dogs Canis Major and Canis Minor, fighting Taurus the bull. Other prey of his, such as Lepus the hare, can be found nearby.
There are other contemporary names for Orion. In Australia, the belt and sword of Orion are sometimes called the Saucepan, because the stars of Orion's belt and sword resemble this kitchen utensil as seen from the southern hemisphere. Orion's Belt is called "The Three Kings" (or "The Magi") in some places. The constellation is also known as an "Amber" in other Commonwealth countries such as the United Kingdom. Historically it has had other names, perhaps the earliest known is the Babylonian "Shepherd of Anu", corresponding to an apparent representation of the constellation Auriga or an element of it, as a shepherd's crook.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)



http://www.kolaklub.com/am/knet_in/map/map2.jpg

http://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/RB_KolaPeninsula_rdax_400x314.jpg

http://www.nordictravel.ru/img/murm_mapeng.gif

http://kspu.ptz.ru/win/students/ru/sect/img/xibiny2.jpg



The Kola Peninsula (from Sami language Guoládat fish rich area) (Russian: Кольский полуостров, Kol'skij poluostrov) is a peninsula in the far north of Russia, part of the Murmansk Oblast. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the North and the White Sea on the East and South. The west border of the Kola Peninsula stretches along a meridian from the Kola Gulf through the Imandra Lake, Kola Lake, and the Niva River to the Kandalaksha Gulf.
The peninsula covers an area of about 100 000 km². The north coast is steep and high, the southern is flat. In the west part of the peninsula there are two mountain ranges: the Khibiny Mountains, and the Lovozero Tundra (up to 1120 m in height). In the central part of the peninsula lies the Keyvy watershed.

[fullfathomfive]

If you know where to look you can see Orion from the Kola Peninsula. On a really clear day you can see the Eiffel Tower.

And the price of fish has gone up.

[december]

If you know where to look you can see Orion from the Kola Peninsula. On a really clear day you can see the Eiffel Tower.

And the price of fish has gone up.

OK, but this is NOT what I am asking about...

[december]

Eudialyte

Specimen #Rus08
Khibiny Mountains
Kola Peninsula

Russia

http://www.aarockshop.com/Dec_06_update/Russia/EudialyteB4.jpg

http://www.aarockshop.com/Dec_06_update/Russia/EudialyteB3.jpg


http://www.aarockshop.com/Dec_06_update/Russia/Russia.html


Eudialyte, whose name derives from the Greek eu and dialytos, meaning "well decomposable" is a somewhat rare, red silicate mineral, which forms in alkaline igneous rocks, such as nepheline syenites. Its name alludes to its ready solubility in acid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudialyte

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Eudialyte

http://www15.plala.or.jp/gemuseum/f-eudlyt-kbny-01.jpghttp://www15.plala.or.jp/gemuseum/cb-eudlyt-cnd-01-4.jpg

Lovozero, Khibiny, Kola Pnninsula
Russia

http://www15.plala.or.jp/gemuseum/gemus-eud.htm

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Khibiny Massif (Khibiny Tundra), Kola peninsula

http://www.mineralogist.ru/travel/i/kola-1.jpg

Khibiny (sometimes also written as Khibina, Hibina or Hibiny) is the name of the mountainous massif located at the centre of Kola Peninsula, between the lakes Imandra on the west and Umba (Umbozero, Umb'yavr) on the east. The latter separates Khibiny from Lovozero massif. The Khibiny pluton, covering an area of 1,327 square kilometres, is the Earth's largest alkaline intrusion and it extends between 67°33' and 67°55' of latitude North, 33°20' and 34°30' of longitude East. Due to the greater resistance to erosion offered by the igneous rocks, they form mountains which rise, on an average, 1,000 meters above the surrounding marshy country and present a typical glacial topography. The Russians use the word tundra (from the Lappish tundar or tundr; compare with the Finnish tunturi = mountain) to refer to the upper treeless portions of the mountains; and, since all but the lower slopes are above timber line, this area, underlain by igneous rock, is also called the Khibiny tundra.

Two mountain ridges, arcuate in plan and opened towards the east, characterized the massif. A system of streams and lakes separate the external arc from the inner one. The valleys of three streams, flowing eastwards into Lake Umba near Tul'ilukht Bay, deeply cut the innermost mountainous bow.

http://www.mineralogist.ru/travel/kola.shtml

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Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.

The Khibiny massif is together with the Lovozero massif probably on of the best known mineral sites of Russia.

Both localities are globally unique. Both are nepheline-syenite intrusions and thought to be outcrops of a single large intrusion. Khibiny and Lovozero have the same age and roughly the same composition. The Khibiny massif is located on central Kola. The large horseshoe like mountain range lays between Lake Imandra in the west and lake Umbozero in the east. Most mining activity developed in the south and southeastern part of the massif. No surprise most infrastructure can be found there around the towns of Apatity, Kirovsky, Titan and Koashva.

Most localities in the Khibiny massif are named after mountains and rivers. The Kirovsky mine is famous, but most other mines never make it to the mineral labels. Examples of these mines are the Tsentralnye mine, Vostochniy (eastern)mine, Saamski mine and Apatitovy Zirk. It is hard to give exact localities for the Khibiny massif. The mountains often stretch for several kilometers and two minerals occurring for instance on Mount N'yourpakhk, do not necessarily occur close to each other.

http://maurice.strahlen.org/kola/khibiny.htm

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~adg/images/minerals/csilicates/eudialyte4.jpg

[december]

A rare combination from Russia - Natisite with vuonnemite, sodium carbonate, and a tiny bit of vitusite from Koashua mine, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia. The natisite fluoresce bright blue, the vuonnemite fluoresces pale yellow, the vitusite fluoresces purple, and the sodium carbonate fluoresces pale green.

http://www.geocities.com/~stuarts1031/Fluorescenttemp/1436russia.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/~stuarts1031/fluorescent12a.html

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Astrophyllite

The astrophyllite in this miniature from the Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia looks like copper! Astrophyllite's a difficult mineral to classify in the silicate subgroups - some put it here, others put it with the phyllosilicates. It forms a series with kupletskite.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~adg/images/minerals/isilicates/astrophyllite1_sm.jpg

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~adg/adg-pssiimages.html

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The Kalachakra Tantra is very much related to the Kingdom of Shambhala in the North. Although there are different opinions about when the Buddha taught the Kalachakra Tantra, whether is was one month before he passed into Nirvana or shortly after his enlightenment, there is a consensus that he taught it at Dhanyakataka which is now identified with the stupa of Amaravati in South India.

http://www.kalachakra.com/home/content/myth.html