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Dolomite (mineral)

Jun 27, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Dolomite (/ˈdɒl.əˌmaɪt, ˈdoʊ.lə-/) is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally CaMg(CO3)2. The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite (see Dolomite (rock)). An alternative name sometimes used for the dolomitic rock type is dolostone. History Cristallo in the Dolomites mountain range near Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The Dolomite Mountains were named after the mineral. As stated by Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure the mineral dolomite

Diaspore

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Diaspore (/ˈdaɪ.əˌspɔːr/) – also called diasporite, empholite, kayserite, or tanatarite – is an aluminium hydroxide oxide mineral, α-AlO(OH), crystallizing in the orthorhombic system and isomorphous with goethite. It occurs sometimes as flattened crystals, but usually as lamellar or scaly masses, the flattened surface being a direction of perfect cleavage on which the lustre is markedly pearly in character. It is colorless or greyish-white, yellowish, sometimes violet in color, and varies from translucent to transparent. It

Daily Excelsior

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

The Daily Excelsior is an English-language newspaper published in Jammu, a city in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It was established by S. D. Rohmetra. The newspaper has been in publication since 1 January 1965. Its current editors are Kamal Rohmetra and Neeraj Rohmetra. History Started as a weekly English newspaper in 1965, it became a daily English newspaper in 1967.

Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir was the legal Constitution which established the framework for the state government of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The constitution was adopted on 17 November 1956, and came into effect on 26 January 1957. It was rendered infructuous on 5 August 2019 by an order signed by the President of India and ceased to be applicable on

DD Kashir

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

DD Kashir is a regional subsidiary television station of Doordarshan in Jammu and Kashmir which is owned by Broadcasting Ministry of India centrally focusing on tradition of Kashmiri culture and heritage, telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar, Jammu, Leh. DD Kashir Country India Headquarters Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India Programming Language(s) Kashmiri Ladakhi Hindi Urdu Pahari Picture format 576i (16:9) SDTV Ownership Owner Doordarshan History Launched 1999 (as Doordarshan Kendra

Central University of Kashmir

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Central University of Kashmir (often abbreviated as CUKmr), formerly Central University of Jammu and Kashmir, is a central university located in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It has been established in March 2009 through an Act of Parliament, “The Central Universities Act, 2009” by Govt. of India. The university started functioning from May 2009. Academics The Central University of Kashmir offers a three-year

Bentonite

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Bentonite (/ˈbɛntənaɪt/ BEN-tə-nyte) is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite (a type of smectite) which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite. Na-montmorillonite has a considerably greater swelling capacity than Ca-montmorillonite. Bentonite usually forms from the weathering of volcanic ash in seawater, or by hydrothermal circulation through the porosity of volcanic ash beds, which converts (devitrification) the volcanic glass (obsidian, rhyolite, dacite) present in the ash into clay minerals. In the mineral alteration process, a large

Bhadarwahi language

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Bhadarwahi (Bhadrawahi) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Western Pahari group spoken by the Bhadarwahi people of the Bhaderwah region of Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir. The name Bhadarwahi can be understood either in a narrow sense as referring to the dialect, locally known as Bhiḍlāi, native to the Bhadarwah valley, or in a broader sense to cover the group of related dialects spoken in

Borax

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Borax (also referred to as sodium borate, tincal (/ˈtɪŋkəl/) and tincar (/ˈtɪŋkər/)) is a salt (ionic compound), a hydrated or anhydrous borate of sodium, with the chemical formula Na2H20B4O17 (also written as Na2B4O7·10H2O). It is a colorless crystalline solid that dissolves in water to make a basic solution. It is commonly available in powder or granular form and has many industrial and household uses, including as a pesticide, as a metal soldering flux, as a component of glass, enamel,

Budgam

Jun 26, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Budgam (Urdu pronunciation: ), known as Badgom (Kashmiri pronunciation: ; lit. ‘big village‘) in Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area committee, but by the 2011 census it had a municipal committee. Budgam Badgom Town The Municipal Council Of Budgam Budgam Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India Show