Discover the top 7 oldest rocks in the world, their ages, locations, and scientific importance. Learn how these ancient ...
The 45th annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium took place in Socorro earlier this month, Nov. 7-9. The New Mexico Bureau of ...
In preparation for analyzing Mars samples, scientists are turning to a surprising source: Iceland’s mudrocks. These rocks, ...
The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals ...
Second on the podium is the Borrowdale Volcanic Group in the Lake District of England. Taking the bronze is the Skye Lava ...
Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.
Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...
A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...
Hello, I’m Ricki Lee and this is the Capital Compass. Today we’re heading to British Columbia’s copper country to talk about a company exploring one of Canada’s most accessible and mining friendly ...
In Eagle County, many of us spend our time looking up toward mountain peaks, sunsets, or circling hawks, but some of the most ...
Reward joins the North American rush, Lion Rock drills deep for rare earths, and Mont Royal fast-tracks its Canadian REE ...
A new study uncovers how volatile-rich magmas propel diamond-bearing kimberlites from Earth’s depths. If you’ve ever admired a diamond, chances are it originated from a kimberlite. More than 70% of ...