In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of ...

New findings suggest Mars’ underground water reserves may be far less extensive than earlier research indicated.

Republicans are pushing to ease the state's mining regulations to allow small-scale enthusiasts to take advantage of sites ...

Right: OH-defects in young (0.3 Gyr) Variscan granites are one order of magnitude higher than in old (0.9-1.8 Gyr) Proterozoic granites from Scandinavia . The OH-content is reflected in recent ...

The “quartz-monitor” research project investigates the intrinsic chemical variations of detrital monocrystalline quartz and inclusions (mineral and melt) as an innovative sediment provenance tool. The ...

The Ministry of energy and Mineral Resources has designated four high-potential mineralization zones for exploration and ...

Ammon News - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has designated four high-potential mineralization zones for ...

JACKSON, Mich. (WILX) - This weekend people can get the chance to check out some unique rocks, minerals, and fossils with the Michigan Gem and Mineral Society Rock, Mineral and Fossil Show.

Alongside kaolinite, the rocks also contained traces of spinel, most likely aluminum spinel. This mineral typically forms in either igneous or metamorphic environments. That posed an important ...

The mineral content of oddly pale rocks found in Jezero Crater can only have formed under ... but the researchers believe it is an aluminum-rich type that can form in both igneous and metamorphic ...

The film also covers the formation of different types of rocks—igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic—and highlights the economic value of minerals, mining practices, and the importance of ...