Analcime
Geographic Minerals

Analcime

Definition – Analcime, also called analcite (from the Greek analkimos – “weak”), common feldspathoid mineral, a hydrated sodium aluminosilicate (NaAlSi2O6·H2O) that occurs in seams and…
Chlorine – Properties and Occurrences
Chemistry

Chlorine – Properties and Occurrences

Chlorine (chemical symbol Cl) is a chemical element. It is produced from ordinary salt – one of the most abundant, essential minerals on earth. Its…
Triple Point of a Substance
Chemistry

Triple Point of a Substance

A thermodynamic study of a pure substance at the triple point is presented. In thermodynamics, the triple point of a substance is the temperature and…
Novaculite Rock
Geographic Minerals

Novaculite Rock

Definition – Novaculite, also called Arkansas Stone, ivery dense, light-coloured, even-textured sedimentary rock, a bedded chert in which microcrystalline silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) in the…
Absolute Zero
Chemistry

Absolute Zero

Absolute zero is the lowest temperature possible. A theoretical condition concerning a system at the lowest limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale, or zero kelvins,…
Pisa Italy
History

Pisa Italy

Pisa (/ˈpiːzə/ PEE-zə, Italian: [ˈpiːza] or [ˈpiːsa]), city, central Italy, in the Toscana (Tuscany) regione. The city lies on the alluvial plain of the Arno…
Base Anhydride
Chemistry

Base Anhydride

A base anhydride is an oxide of a chemical element from group 1 or 2 (the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, respectively). It is…
Angkor Wat: Ancient City In Cambodia
History

Angkor Wat: Ancient City In Cambodia

Angkor Wat (/ˌæŋkɔːr ˈwɒt/; Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត, “City/Capital of Temples”) is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2,…
Thermodynamic Temperature
Chemistry

Thermodynamic Temperature

Thermodynamic temperature is the absolute measure of temperature and is one of the principal parameters of thermodynamics. It is such that zero temperature is absolute…
Diatomite
Geographic Minerals

Diatomite

Definition – Mariposite is beneficial and strong stone; it is a mineral which is a chromium-rich variety of mica, which imparts an attractive green color…
Accounting treatment in the Books of Consignor
Accounting

Accounting treatment in the Books of Consignor

Accounting treatment in the Books of Consignor when Goods Consigned at Invoice Price The relationship between the consignor and consignee is that of the principal…
Flint
Geographic Minerals

Flint

Definition – Flint is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.…
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