Sheboygan teachers David and Janine Young, known as the Great Lakes Rock Hounds, uncover Yooperlites, unique glowing rocks, ...

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

In the far, northwestern corner of Oklahoma's Panhandle, you can find Black Mesa State Park and Black Mesa Nature Preserve.

The research team has identified atacamite as a material with magnetocaloric properties. Natural crystals have long ...

Lithium and other critical minerals are in often-overlooked water sources like geothermal brines and oilfield produced water.

The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...

For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...

The hyper-realistic pork belly rocks were skillfully carved to highlight the layers - skin, fat and meat.

According to Ziehm, minerals are naturally occurring substances with a specific chemical makeup and crystals are the geometric shapes minerals form when they grow in the right conditions. Rocks ...