To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides ...

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 ...

The Moine Schist, the puzzling old rock found on top of younger rock here, is called a metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rocks are created when other types of rock become very hot or are squeezed ...

A mysterious “zebra rock” has been spotted on Mars, and researchers have never seen anything like it before on the Red Planet ...

The team has discovered high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks, and unearthed crucial clues to advance understanding of the ancient Tethys Ocean, the supercontinents of Gondwana 2 ...

Lithification - Solidification of sediment into rock. Lithification typically involves compaction, from the weight of overlying sediments, and cementation, caused by the precipitation of mineral ...

In Northern Ireland, we have a diverse range of rock forms. Basalt rock comprises most of County Antrim’s geological map, while sandstone and slate comprise most of Down and some of Armagh.

Bethesda is a slate town of 5,000 people in north-west Wales ripe for romanticisation – or that’s before you hack through its layers. It’s a stunning point between the mountains, rivers, lakes and ...

Meanwhile, metamorphic rocks start out as some other type of rock, but change significantly as a result of external factors like heat, pressure or mineral-rich surroundings. "This possibility has ...

Metamorphic rocks form when preexisting rocks, called protoliths, undergo transformations due to heat and pressure. This process, known as metamorphism, can alter the mineral composition and texture ...

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Experts say it may have been formed through volcanic or metamorphic activity ... said the rock’s stripes could be made up of minerals such as feldspar and pyroxene, which form under conditions ...