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This user is a translator from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

This user is a translator and proofreader from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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Sequoites dakotensis cone cast fossils

... that Sequoites dakotensis was first described from clay-filled casts (examples pictured) and not the original tree cones?
... that before becoming an actor, Jeremy Allen White trained in ballet, jazz, and tap dancing?
... that Laurence Sterne's journal of love letters reverses the found-manuscript literary device by claiming that his real diary is fictional?
... that Katsumaro Akamatsu, a founding member of the Japanese Communist Party, supported the expulsion of communists from the Japanese Federation of Labour?
... that Eleanor Island was first designated as a Migratory Bird Sanctuary and later as a National Wildlife Area to give it a stronger protection status?
... that Vermont politician William Baxter personally funded the construction of an Orleans County school, provided that the second floor was used for religious purposes?
... that a fictional character from Peg O' My Heart complained about his insomnia with netizens on Threads?
... that a candidate in the 1968 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took his dog on the campaign trail?
... that an elderly Brazilian woman helped to arrest dozens of drug traffickers and corrupt police officers?

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Mimetite is a lead arsenate chloride mineral (Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl) which forms as a secondary mineral in lead deposits, usually by the oxidation of galena and arsenopyrite. The name derives from the Greek Μιμητής (mimetes), meaning "imitator," and refers to mimetite's resemblance to the similar mineral pyromorphite. This focus-stacked photograph shows a 3 cm × 1.7 cm × 1 cm (1.18 in × 0.67 in × 0.39 in) sample of mimetite collected from the Congreso-León mines in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

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