Alabaster Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft and often used for carving, as well as being processed for plaster powder. It is compact…
Agate: Properties and Occurrence Agate is a rock consisting primarily of cryptocrystalline silica, chiefly chalcedony, alternating with microgranular quartz. It is a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors arranged…
Adamantine Adamantine is a mineral, often referred to as adamantine spar. It is a silky brown form of corundum. It has a Mohs rating of 9.…
Mica Dielectric Silver mica capacitors have been widely used as high-performance capacitors over the years. Mica is a group of natural minerals. Silver mica capacitors are capacitors which…
Hawthorne Effect – Theory of Motivation Motivation is the reason for people’s actions, desires, and needs. Motivation is one of the essential aspects of HRM which is concerned with the process…
Azurite: Properties and Occurrence Azurite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral with a chemical composition of Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2. It is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of…
Axinite Axinite is a brown to violet-brown, or reddish-brown bladed group of minerals composed of calcium aluminum boro-silicate, (Ca, Fe, Mn)3Al2BO3Si4O12OH. Axinite is pyroelectric and piezoelectric.…
Awaruite: Properties and Occurrence Awaruite is a naturally occurring alloy of nickel and iron with a composition from Ni2Fe to Ni3Fe. It is a mineral consisting of a rare…
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs- Theory of Motivation Motivation is the reason for people’s actions, desires, and needs. Motivation is one of the essential aspects of HRM which is concerned with the process…
Avogadrite Avogadrite, formula [(K, Cs)BF4] is a potassium-caesium tetrafluoroborate in the halide class. It is a potassium and cesium fluoborate occurring in small crystals on Vesuvian lava.…
Avicennite Avicennite (thallium(III) oxide) is an oxide mineral. It is an isometric-diploidal grayish black mineral containing oxygen and thallium. It is not radioactive. It was discovered…
Trigonometric Angles Trigonometric Angles The word ‘Trigonometry’ has been derived from Greek words ‘trigon’ meaning three angles and ‘metron’ which means measurement. The angles mπ/n (with m,…