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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rocks play a vital yet often unrecognized role in the carbon cycle. Through a natural process that has helped regulate ...

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 Science Education Center houses thousands of rock and mineral samples in what is known as "The Rock & Mineral Room." The entire collection can be viewed by clicking on each of the virtual drawers ...

New for the 2024 sale are samples of garnet in the volcanic rock called rhyolite. They are from Garnet Hill near Ely.

The team analyzed meteorites from a large space rock designated as NWA7034 or “Black Beauty.” While all Martian meteorites ...

Together, retired earth science teachers Eugene Genova and Ron Russ travel far and wide searching for fossils.

Nova Minerals, through its 100% owned subsidiary Alaska Range Resources LLC, became a member of the Defense Industrial Base ...