Minerals are all around us. In fact, our planet is made of minerals. To be considered a mineral, a substance must have a definite chemical composition. Quartz, for example, is silicon dioxide. Some ...

On a geological field trip to Quincy, Harvard scientist Francis Macdonald discovered a 582-million-year-old tillite, a type of sedimentary rock. The rock is on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural ...

One day in October 1820 two young men, Elijah Hamlin and Ezekiel Holmes, were hiking on a hill in Maine called Mount Mica when they spotted a glowing, green stone on the ground. They picked it up and ...

The geologist said that the material that is left for extraction in Goa is only laterite. Panaji: 'Geology and Mineral Resources of Goa', a book by renowned geologist Professor Ashoka G Dessai, was ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - This weekend, South Dakota Mines is hosting the first ever 4M Expo. The interactive expo will put a ...

THESE two delightful little books deserve a special welcome, partly because they are very good value, but mainly because their authors have spared no pains to make them readable and exhilarating as ...

The Bureau of Land Management has filled a leadership post that oversees onshore energy development with a career geologist ...

Three-year-old A.J. Hendrickson helped the president of South Dakota School of Mines & Technology unveil his uncle’s rare mineral collection on Thursday at the Museum of Geology, the most valuable ...

Vang Danh coal mine, with more than 5,000 employees, is one of the biggest mines in the northern border province of Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA) The plan aims to bolster socio-economic development, ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Central Arkansas Gem, Mineral, and Geology Society are celebrating their 51st anniversary. To celebrate this event, they will be hosting their huge Gem Show this weekend in ...