How To. Identify rocks and minerals. Mission. Successfully identify rocks and minerals. Briefing. A little knowledge of rocks and minerals will help you identify everything from jewelry to fossils.

The Rock & Mineral Room. The Science Education Center houses thousands of rock and mineral samples in what is known as "The Rock & Mineral Room." The entire collection can be viewed by clicking on ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has just unveiled its first close-up images of a bizarre and fascinating feature on Mars – large, ...

Rocks and minerals are closely related, but there are fundamental differences between the two. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

NASA officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial ...

The Rock & Mineral Society of Hawaii also goes by the name Hui Pōhaku Ō Hawai’i and is the only mineral club in the state. The non-profit was founded in 1970 and meets in Honolulu once every ...

The rocks and minerals come in a variety of shapes and sizes. There’s pink rose quartz, purple lepidolite and white onyx, to name a few. Some are polished and unwashed, ...