What is the Utica Shale? The Utica Shale play is one of the brightest stars in the developing US resource play scene. The overall play is actually composed of at least three named geologic units; the Utica Shale, the Point Pleasant Formation, and the Collingwood Member of the Trenton Limestone.
Paloma (cocktail) The paloma (Spanish for dove) is a tequila-based cocktail. This drink is most commonly prepared by mixing tequila with a grapefruit-flavored soda such as Fresca, Squirt, or Jarritos and served on the rocks with a lime wedge. This drink also has the option of adding salt to the rim of the glass.
Silica sinter may consist mainly of opal, but could as well be made mainly of very fine-grained quartz similar in structure to jasper. Small regions may assume an agate-like structure, but in most cases the banding is different from that in an agate.