How America and its allies can break free of Chinese rare earth dependency is a geopolitical priority with sweeping economic ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Spain is challenging our understanding of Neanderthal creativity. Archaeologists recently ...

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No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads, smaller than grains of sand, formed ...

ETH Zurich scientists confirmed that solid rock flows deep inside Earth, solving a decades-old mystery about seismic waves.

Mars, the enigmatic Red Planet, has long captivated humanity with its stark, seemingly barren landscape. Today, it’s a cold, ...

In 2004, researchers from the mining group Rio Tinto found this peculiar mineral in Jadar (pronounced "Yadar"), Serbia. Its ...

For the last 25 years, intrepid groups of teens have set out to explore, document and preserve some of the most fragile ...

A new mineral matching its unique chemistry - as described in the film Superman ... and was amazed to discover that same scientific name, written on a case of rock containing kryptonite stolen by Lex ...

Rock hunters can identify Yooperlites by their appearance, unique properties (like fluorescence ... Sodalite is a deep blue to blue-violet mineral best known for its use in jewelry, sculpture ...

The hourglass formation is unique to ... for rock after rock at the auction table Sunday, ranging from a quarter to 50 cents or 75 cents. Terry Steigers, with the Hellgate Mineral Society, looked ...