Blog

The K-T or Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction was the mass extinction of animals, plants and organisms, occurring 65 million years ago, at the boundary of Cretaceous and Tertiary periods in time

The energy accumulated in an object, and released through its movement

Sedimentary rock chiefly comprised of ultramafic constituents, a variety of peridotite and it is the principal ore of diamonds. Named after Kimberly, South Africa

A standard unit of mass initially calibrated to the weight of 1 liter of water. Abbreviated as “Kg”, it is equal to 1000 grams, and 1000 kilograms is equal to the weight of 1 ton

A refractory furnace used for processing minerals at high heat

A kettle shaped depression formed by glacial melt

An atom without the valence electrons of its outer shell

One twenty-fourth of a whole, increments of purity applied to gold with the difference being other alloying metals. 10 karat gold represents 10 parts gold out of 24 parts, therefore being 40% pure

An endmemember of the feldspar group along with albite and anorthite,  KAlSi3O8  which includes microcline, orthoclase and sanidine