Ohio Univeristy
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Ohio Univeristy
Ohio State
Penn State
Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Queen's University, Belfast
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Queensland University of Technology
Quincy University
Rutgers
Simon Fraser University (in Burnaby, BC)
Temple University
Taylor University (in Upland and Fort Wayne, IN)
This one is easy
University of Vermont
(and of any other state for that matter):)
University of Wisconsin- LaCrosse
Xavier University
btw...Happy belated b-day YellowLabLover
I meant for the letter U
University of Vermont
for V
Vermont Law School
and now for the letter Y
Yale University
Just had to put his in here!:)
Elihu Yale, who the University is named after is buried in St Giles churchyard here in Wrexham, also there was a replica of church tower built on the University campus. The Yale family has a long history in the Wrexham area back to the 15th century.
I doubt it, but if anyone is interested in knowing more there is a bit more info here
http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/le.../ElihuYale.htm
I actually went and did a search, and could find no "z". So I'd like to choose Gems, rocks or minerals........
Unless someone finds a "z" college
amathyst
beryl
(Thanks for this one...I was a geology major for 4 years!! lol)
Coal
Diamonds
Emeralds
feldspar
fluorite
graphite
halite
indigo (**I THINK this is a stone...**) :confused:
indigo is actually a plant used to make the dye indigo. I only know that because I just had to teach about the crop being grown in South Carolina when a girl named Eliza Lucas developed it as a second cash crop to rice. Gee, aren't I just a wealth of information! lol j/k
My favorite "I" mineral is Icelandspar because you can put on a piece of paper and it doubles the image!
How about Jade for "J"
Kunzite ... had to look that one up :rolleyes:
lapidolite
lapus
Mica
Nepheline
Opal (a personal favorite)
Pearl (it is a gem even if it isn't a rock)
quartz
ruby
Saphire
turquoise
I love that color too!
Ulexite
Uraniphane
Vegemite!:D (just kidding, that is a food from Australia)
I did a search and came up with
Vermiculite &
Vanadium
Wolframite
Vermontcat....vermiculite is a form of mica that when you put a flame to the edges the spread out like a book. It's used a lot for aerating (spelling?) soil.
Xenotime
I had to search for that one!! :)
Yukonite
I had to search for this one too and it took me 5 websites before I did too! "Y" minerals are pretty obscure.
Zinc
...how about common household items?...
Apple corer
Bagel cutter