We were excited to see bits of agate in some of the stones, and we filled our buckets to the brim. Formed mostly in the ...

War-torn Ukraine sits on significant reserves of rare earth minerals critical to the world's most cutting-edge technologies. Why it matters: The U.S. wants them — or else. The big picture: Ukraine's ...

Driving across the state of Oregon takes a few hours, but on that drive, you can witness millions of years of geology unfold ...

Scientists say they have figured out how to transform rocks into something extraordinary: a high-tech, low-cost substance ...

The White House floated a proposal to secure U.S. access to half of Ukraine’s mineral resources after the war, reportedly including lithium, graphite and uranium.

“Rock” is so loose a label as to be pretty much meaningless these days. But the best rock albums, even if they aren’t that musically similar, share some things in common: boundary-breaking ...

Kaolinite, smectite, and illite are mainly the result of clay alteration; this hydrothermal alteration of wall rock that contains the alteration minerals of kaolinite alteration (light-green-colored ...

Whether you’re looking for a $5 shimmering crystal necklace or a show-stopping $200,000 crystallized rock from an exotic location, the Tucson Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Shows have something for everyone.

What facts about rocks do you know? Even though rocks and minerals are abundantly available, many people do not take an interest in them, yet there is a lot to learn about them. Moreover, they are one ...

These minerals are considered more environmentally safe than those used in most chemical sunblocks, which can create an “oil-slick-type situation that suffocates, bleaches, and kills reefs ...

A majority of the world’s estimated cobalt reserves are in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 10-30% of its annual production mined artisanally (Photo: Fairphone, via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0) ...