Gneiss is a foliated metamorphic rock. Layers of dark and light minerals stripe the rock, and sometimes it is possible to see how the direction of pressure deep in the Earth changed as the minerals formed.
Keaton [keaton] as a boys' name is pronounced KEE-ton. It is of English origin, and the meaning of Keaton is place of hawks. Actors Michael Keaton, Buster Keaton. Associated with: hawks (eagle).
Etymology of the name Genesis. Genesis is the Greek title of the first book of the Bible. It comes from the same stock as words such as gene, generation, genealogy and even words such as hydrogen and androgen, and was ultimately derived from the verb Î³Î¹Î½Î¿Î¼Î±Î¹ (ginomai), meaning to be or begin to be:or a discussion of this passage, which obviously is not about low tide and shrubs, see our articles on Genesis 1 and the Chaotic Set Theory. Sometimes one of the elements of the beginning-structure is unclear. Take the beginning of Israel, for instance.