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[3] Rifampicin was discovered in 1965, marketed in Italy in 1968, and approved in the United States in 1971. [5] [6] [7] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [8] The World Health Organization classifies rifampicin as critically important for human medicine. [9] It is available as a generic medication. [3]
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments.
Emerald of Saint Louis, [5] 51.60 carats cut; discovered in Austria, probably Habachtal, resides in the National Museum of Natural History, Paris; Gachalá Emerald [6] Mogul Mughal Emerald, 217.80 carats cut; mined in Colombia and cut in the Mughal empire in Hijri year 1107 (1695–1696), resides in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar [7] [8]
In 1406, the Chinese Ming dynasty king ordered his army to invade Vietnam and confiscate all things related to that culture, such as books and art objects, and bring them back to China. The following year, the interim Vietnamese ruler was caught by invaders, carnage followed, and all works of art and architecture were destroyed—including Hòn ...
Eilat stone; Epidosite; Glimmerite; Goldstone (glittering glass) Tiger's eye; Helenite (artificial glass made from volcanic ash) Iddingsite; Kimberlite; Lamproite; Lapis lazuli; Libyan desert glass; Llanite; Maw sit sit; Moldavite; Obsidian; Apache tears; Pallasite; Peridotite (also known as olivinite) Siilinjärvi carbonatite; Soapstone (also ...
Rifampin rapidly kills fast-dividing bacilli strains as well as "persisters" cells, which remain biologically inactive for long periods of time that allow them to evade antibiotic activity. [7] In addition, rifabutin and rifapentine have both been used against tuberculosis acquired in HIV-positive patients.
The government of Vietnam provided the bureau with additional information in May 2002, announcing the decision of the Prime Minister of Vietnam (December 2001) on upgrading Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng to the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng National Park with a total area of 857.54 km 2; providing information on projects for the conservation and development ...
"Vaiḍūrya" is a precious stone which most translators have rendered as lapis lazuli. Librarian Marianne Winder has proposed that "vaiḍūrya" originally meant beryl ; [ 4 ] however, pure beryl is colorless, while its blue variant, aquamarine , is described as a 'precious blue-green color-of-sea-water stone' [ 5 ] rather than the usual dark ...