Thundereggs look like regular rocks from the outside, but contain intricate and colorful mineral patterns inside — often made ...

Stone has been the backbone of British and Irish construction for millennia, from Stonehenge to Georgian townhouses, and its relevance has never diminished. In contemporary construction projects ...

Rockhounders can find all kinds of gemstones across the United States, but there are certain places where geodes can be found ...

Pangea may have vanished 200 million years ago, but it left a trail of clues in rocks, fossils, and even magnetic fields that ...

Microscopic evidence reveals how cooling magma chambers were recharged by fresh volcanic injections 2.5 billion years ago to ...

Life in paradise can be hard. Paradise is a Greek word of Persian origin made famous by the Jewish bible: it comes from a mix of very different cultures. The word means a walled garden. The garden ...

Rare rocks buried deep in central Australia have revealed how a valuable niobium deposit formed during the breakup of an ...

THIS book is intended for two classes of reader, namely, the student beginning the study of the igneous rocks, and the geologist seeking a refresher course. As a result, the beginner will need careful ...

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

A 66 million-year-old mystery behind how our planet transformed from a tropical greenhouse to the ice-capped world of today has been unraveled by scientists. Their new study has revealed that Earth's ...