Kristen Walker never found a rock she didn't like. It was this passion with pebbles that led her to seek out a local ...

Ancient crystals provide clues about early Earth’s geology Isotope analysis of zircon crystals suggests plate tectonics started around 3.8 billion years ago ...

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Toothpaste. A Frosty. Aluminum foil. Ceramic toilets. Eyeshadow. There’s something these items have in common — they contain minerals. Showing people how much they rely on rocks and minerals in day-to ...

Cylus Hill, owner of an up-and-coming crystals and minerals business, loves the "joyful," "mind-boggling," "fascinating nature of crystals." FARMINGTON — A student at the University of Maine at ...

Crystal Luna, a first-year master’s student at UW, recently received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which she will use to study oceanic rocks from Pito Deep and help develop an interactive ...

The Xinjiang Geology and Minerals Museum in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region officially opened to the public on Wednesday, showcasing over 12,000 specimens, including minerals, rocks ...

A crystal collector booms in Farmington Cylus Hill, owner of an up-and-coming crystals and minerals business, loves the "joyful," "mind-boggling," "fascinating nature of crystals." ...

The tiny remnants of prokaryotic and algal life were found in an ancient halite crystal on May 11. Announced by researchers at the Geological Society of America, the tiny creatures were found within ...

In the sense of animal, vegetable, or mineral, the USGS lists 35 minerals that are essential to the function of our society. Whether it’s indium for LCD screens, Co for iPhones, U for reactors ...

Pune: A wide range of rocks, crystals, minerals and fossils are on display at the newly-developed 'Geology Museum', where people can not just view but also touch and handle these rare exhibits ...