Pegmatite is a type of igneous rock characterized by its large crystal sizes, which can range from one centimeter to several ...
The U.S. government is seeking to retrieve critical minerals from mine waste by awarding 13 states nearly $3 million to ...
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between ...
Some people, thanks to a viral prank on social media, might think Anthropologie is selling rocks. Let us explain.
Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...
An Oklahoma family discovered a 2.79-carat brown diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, thanks to sand-digging tools from a dollar store.
In this study, researchers investigated dozens of minerals abandoned in waste rocks in mines that could fulfill the country's ...
A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth’s malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that ...
Scientists have, for the first time, pinned down exactly when microbes colonized a meteorite impact crater. The team shows ...
Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...
Each mineral in a volcanic deposit is like a microscopic thermometer that records magma chamber temperature over time.
An international research team led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel has discovered a globally unique ...