From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, Egyptian blue adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday pottery.

Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also ...

"Towards the end of my research I searched the web using the mineral's chemical formula - sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide - and was amazed to discover that same scientific name, written on a ...

Washington State University researchers recreate lost Egyptian blue pigment using ancient methods and modern scientific ...

The study authors argue that it is likely these mineral patches represent upper mantle material, according to work appearing today in the journal Nature. If confirmed, mantle rock from the moon ...

The other location is in Mountain Pass, California, where hard rock mining extracts a rare earth carbonate mineral called bastnaesite. Yet again, much of the material is sent abroad for refining.