Whether you're an avid rock collector or simply interested in the world around you — this new tool is designed to make ...

A little knowledge of rocks and minerals will help you identify everything from jewelry to fossils. While reading this article may not turn you into a geologist, it should give you the basic ...

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

The USGS publishes a geological map that reveals the underground layers of the U.S. and supports environmental education and ...

In this process of mining rocks, nutrients like calcium and silicate flow into nearby streams, improving the water pH.

Because oxygen-bearing sulfate minerals trap and preserve signals from Earth's atmosphere, scientists closely study how they ...

Most U.S. metal mines are built to dig for one or two things: copper, iron, or in some places maybe gold. But here’s the thing — when these mining companies pull up ore, the majority of its content ...

Wire wrapping, geode cracking, and a collection of shiny rocks and gems will be on display for all to see at the 45th annual Gem and Mineral Show. The Indian Mounds Rock and Mineral Club will have ...

A.K. Miles of Salem spent summers as a little girl traveling the Pacific Northwest with her grandparents, collecting rocks and helping her great-grandfather cut and polish them in his lapidary shop.

A Joplin native’s lifelong collection of minerals and rocks has been donated to t History & Mineral Museum, expanding the pieces that can be displayed and studied. Ava Gager Smith, a 1957 graduate of ...