Igneous rocks contain few or no combustible elements. And it’s very hard to remelt them back into magma because they ...

Igneous rocks close igneous rockIgneous rocks are ... to weathering and erosion and are therefore very hard-wearing. Examples of metamorphic rocks include marble, which originates from limestone ...

Looking at the extent of stone circles in Wales, the growth of Celtic hill forts and what they reveal about the changing society of that time.

The rock was excavated from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area known for its rich ore deposits. This is the oldest example of living microbes being found within ancient rock so ...

Using nearly four decades of seismic data from stations encompassing the northern, central, and southern Sierra Nevada along California's eastern border, geologists have uncovered signs of a critical ...

How does CarbonFibreStone (CFS) work? Our system is based on a compression-stable core of stone, to the surface of which a ...

A Queensland woman visited the Champagne Pools for a second time. But instead of vibrant, bubbling waters, she was instead ...

It is made up of igneous rocks which were formed 450 million years ... Striding Edge forms the back wall of the Red Tarn corrie. Red Tarn is an example of a corrie on the eastern side of the ...

"Champagne Pools are gorgeous, and have long been a place where an outcrop of igneous rock (mainly rhyolite) is shaped in a way that protects the beach from the open ocean exposure on the eastern side ...

PT5 does not match any known asteroid types, however. For example, it looks to be pyroxene-rich, which indicates the rock came from an igneous or possibly metamorphic environment. Other asteroids aren ...