Mineral

Furthermore, ninety-nine percent of calcium is located in the skeleton and teeth. Calcium is a mineral found in many foods. Calcium is found in milk, kale, fish and grains to name a few. However, almost all calcium stores in the bones a the teeth. Calcium is used to help move blood vessels throughout the body to release hormones and enzymes that affect…

Argon- Potassium (Ar-K) SYSTEM K- 40 is a radioactive and decays to two different daughter products, calcium-40 and argon-40, by two different decay methods (Wiens, 2002). This is not a problem because the production ratio of these two daughter products is precisely known, and is always constant: 11.2% becomes argon-40 and 88.8% becomes calcium-40 (Wiens, 2002). It is possible to date some rocks by the potassium-calcium method, but this is not often done because it is hard to determine how much…

Holmium is a brilliant dim metal found in the lanthanide section on the periodic table, which is for the most part appeared at the bottom of the periodic table. This element has 67 protons in its nucleus, which implies it is the 67th component on the periodic table. Holmium is pliable, which infers it can be bowed and folded. It is the foremost magnetic component of the periodic table. The name comes from the element lanthanum. The lanthanides are also known as rare earth elements. Although…

trip to a aquarium and we got to learn many different things. We got to pet fish and learned about them, we also learned about the ocean as a whole. Then in class we got to learn things about rocks and minerals. We would look at them and watch videos explaining the different kid of rocks and what minerals did. In one of the videos about the different kinds of rock we learned songs that helped us remember…

a great deal of effects increased CO2 concentrations will have on this planet. When the ocean absorbs CO2 chemical reactions occur that eventually reduces their pH, carbonate ion concentration, and saturation states of important calcium carbonate minerals. This is known as ocean acidification and with the altering of saturation states coral reefs around the world have suffered a great impact because of this. The ocean is one of the largest natural reservoirs and absorbs one third of the excess…

The Liberty Hill pluton of South Carolina is one of twenty-four known granitoid bodies along the southern Appalachian Piedmont which possess the properties of a supergroup as described by Pitcher. The country rocks surrounding the plutons are at least mid-Paleozoic in age. Liberty Hill lies within country rocks of the Carolina Slate belt which consists of “primarily intermediate to felsic pyroclastic debris and hypabyssal intrusive bodies.” (Speer et al. 1980). The isotopic ages of…

Renal stones is a common problem worldwide with important impact in the heath and also in economic costs. Renal Stones is the consequences of a buildup of dissolved minerals located in the inner lining of the kidney, calcium oxalate is most of the time the maim component of renal stones but it also has other minerals. Stones are more frequently found in persons who do not drink the recommended eight to ten glasses of water a day. Renal stones are mainly plant in the kidneys, humans have been…

In 2011, an elderly women by the name of Ernestine Shepherd successfully deadlifted twice her body weight during a heavyweight lifting competition, and by age of 75 she earned herself the Guinness World Record for oldest female bodybuilder. Some may argue that a healthy lifestyle contributed to her accomplishments, yet she began weight-bearing exercise at 71 years of age. Despite Shepard’s feat, specialists continue to be skeptical of the benefits high impact and weight bearing exercise has…

type of rapid leach testing that is similar to kinect tests, but they provide faster results. The net acid generation test is based on the principle that hydrogen peroxide accelerates the oxidation of iron sulfide minerals. The acid consequently produced dissolves neutralizing minerals presents, and the net result of the acid production and neutralization can be measured directly. This test is relatively fast (can provide an indication of sulfide reactivity and available neutralizing potential…

Osage Nation stood apart from the rest of the Oklahoma in the development of the expansive oil fields throughout the state. Under the tradition of the common laws adopted by the British the land right was under private ownership; yet the land and mineral rights could be sold independently of each other, which the Osage Nation took full advantage of during the rise of the petroleum economy (Reese and Loughlin, 93). Petroleum created a distinct challenge to these laws because oil can be removed…