Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Yooperlites are a variety of sodalite-rich syenite found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Books Received Published: 02 July 1914 Igneous Rocks and their Origin Nature 93, 449–450 (1914) Cite this article ...

Sodalite forms in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium-rich, silica-poor magmas. That’s how it got its name—soda + lithos, or “sodium stone," according to Rock Your World gem & art ...

Books Received Published: 03 July 1926 The Petrology of the Igneous Rocks Nature 118, 8 (1926) Cite this article ...

Shabbir Ahmed, assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, is conducting ...

Outdoor kitchen countertop ideas can transform your space. Let’s narrow down the options and determine which type is best for ...

In a major boost for sustainable mining and South Africa’s clean energy ambitions, Mzansi Energy Consortium has signed a ...

Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on ...

To answer these questions, it is easiest to start with the amount of gold that humans have mined to date. The U.S. Geological ...

Continuous geochemical scanning is enabling geologists to interpret core samples with an unmatched level of detail. This technology transforms the understanding of […] ...