Minerals are critical to an individual's health and fitness, and yet little is known about mineral nutrition and requirements in free-ranging primates. We estimated the mineral content of foods consumed by mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Mountain gorillas acquire the majority of their minerals from herbaceous leaves, which constitu...

Pegmatites are an extremely, coarse-grained igneous rocks of granitic composition, constituting mainly large crystals quartz, feldspar and mica. Their occurrence cut across various formations, but mostly around granitoids. They known to host industrial, rare metals, exotic minerals gemstones economic value. Due the continuous demands recently discovered uses some these minerals, its exploration...

nowadays, organic fertilizers play an important role in agriculture. they are progressively substituting chemical fertilizers to prevent their harmful impact on human health and the environment. they provide high yield, better quality products and a shorter period of harvesting crops. in this study, the mineral elements: primary macronutrient (n, po3- and k+), secondary macronutrient: (ca2+, mg...

In recent years, the industrial use and importance of boron compounds has further increased with the potential application of boron as hydrogen carrier in the form of BH4 in the exploitation of hydrogen as clean energy. Boron compounds can be produced from a variety of boron minerals and boronrich brines. Colemanite (Ca2B6O11.5H2O), ulexite (NaCaB5O6(OH)6.5H2O) and borax (Na2B4O5(OH)4.8H2O) are...