Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

Scientists discover a fungus that binds to gold, promising more sustainable prospecting and mining, even in future space ...

In this city of endless museums and galleries, here are some sequestered collections filled with rarities.

Yooperlites can be found as loose pebbles and cobbles along many Lake Superior beaches and even in some inland gravel pits. The stones are derived from igneous rocks near Marathon, Ontario , known as ...

There’s an eerie glow in the northern U.P. When the Bays de Noc are napping and when the Superior shoreline is asleep, some ...

This has been a bucket list mineral for me for a very long time! I remember going into rock shops as a kid and being ...

Residents have a saying in Spruce Pine, that a piece of their home is in tech across the globe. But could geopolitical ...

China is tightening its grip on the global supply of key minerals that are needed in every car, particularly electric vehicle ...

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis ...

Greenland on Wednesday handed a 30-year mining permit to a Danish-French mining group aiming to extract a moon-like rock that ...

The event features 28 vendors selling minerals, jewelry, petrified wood and fossils. Activities include kids’ bingo, a Wheel of Rocks game, prize bags and a fluorescent rock display. A silent auction ...