User:Skollur

Today is 29 April 2024

This user is a skeptic.

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This user is skeptical of the Zodiac.

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I am from India. Hailing from a small hamlet, Kollur, Karnataka, I am interested in skepticism, science, religion (especially Budhism), mysticism, etc.

Apart from English, Kannada and Tulu, which is my mother tongue, I also have a working knowledge of Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi.

I find Wikipedia a great data base giving information which no other encyclopedia would give.

I do my bit when somebody tries to mutilate (not edit) an article by, for instance, deleting whole paragraphs or links just because he/she does not like it.

Articles/Stubs Contributed By Me

Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations Kollur Mookambika Narendra Nayak Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association Atheist Center Mohsin Kakorvi

Tarksheel Society Khwaja Bande Nawaz Claude Alvares Third world network Third World Resurgence Medical Council of India Chhota Imambara

Ashwini Nachappa Sharavati Science and Rationalists’ Association of India Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham Goa Science Forum NAM News Network Hyderabad Rationalist Forum Fatima Bano

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Picture of the day

Sphalerite is a sulfide mineral with the chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S. It is found in a variety of deposit types, and is found in association with galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite (and other sulfides), calcite, dolomite, quartz, rhodochrosite, and fluorite. Sphalerite is an important ore of zinc, with around 95 percent of all primary zinc extracted from its ore. Due to its variable trace-element content, sphalerite is also an important source of several other metals such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium. The zinc in sphalerite is also used to produce brass. This sample was extracted in Creede, Colorado, and features black tetrahedral crystals of sphalerite up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in size, with minor chalcopyrite and calcite, in a 4.5 cm × 3.0 cm × 2.0 cm (1.77 in × 1.18 in × 0.79 in) matrix. This photograph was focus-stacked from 125 separate images.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus