The Guinness World Record for the oldest Earth rock is currently held by the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, which is listed as ...

UNC Charlotte professors collaborate on a project that explores how rock cracking changes as our atmosphere continues warming ...

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

Pale rocks on the red planet reveal a watery past and suggest the potential for life. Sometimes, scientists have to dig, work ...

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

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 ...

Donaldson on the basketballs used for the NCAA Tournament: “The balls are like, if y’all felt it, they’re like rocks. … But like my old coach Ira Bowman used to say at Auburn, it’s round ...

The expert teams will use the techniques to gently remove dirt and debris from the sandstone rocks and concrete surfaces. “Using gentle steam cleaning methods, they will access hard-to-reach ...

“That rock and roll, eh? It might hibernate from time to time and sink back into the swamp...But it’s always waiting there just around the corner ready to make its way back through the sludge ...

Here on Earth, spinel is a magnesium aluminum gemstone. How the spinel got into the kaolinite rocks is unknown, but the researchers believe it is an aluminum-rich type that can form in both igneous ...

It features scenes of farmers tilling soil, majestic mountain roads, sedimentary rock formations, and granite and marble quarries. The film also highlights natural phenomena such as volcanic ...