Minerals are typically formed when molten rock, or magma, cools, or by separating out of mineral-rich water, such as that in underground caverns. In general, mineral particles are small ...

Petrology is the study of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and the processes that form and transform them. Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical ...

Some minerals in rocks and organic matter (e.g., wood, bones, and shells) can contain radioactive isotopes. The abundances of parent and daughter isotopes in a sample can be measured and used to ...

Rocks have become life. As rocks erode and flow into the oceans and weather into soil, their minerals provide vital nutrients that underpin both the abundance and evolution of life. In turn, life has ...

'People thought that we were crazy': Indianapolis men bought an abandoned baseball stadium for just $1 — and transformed it into luxury apartments Award-Winning Actor Gena Rowlands Dies My ...

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and ...

These minerals are often particularly sensitive when exposed to ultraviolet (UV), blue light or inappropriate relative humidity. 'Many people think that because rocks are usually hard and have lasted ...

The society will welcome vendors from around the east coast. “When you cut a rock, you never know what’s going to be inside ...

A Columbus man who died in February left much of his collection of rocks and fossils to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

In a new study appearing today in the journal AGU Advances, scientists at MIT and NASA report that seven rock samples collected along the "fan front" of Mars' Jezero Crater contain minerals that are ...

Some minerals in rocks and organic matter (e.g., wood, bones, and shells) can contain radioactive isotopes. The abundances of parent and daughter isotopes in a sample can be measured and used to ...