Discover how scientists found and dated the oldest rocks on the planet, and why studying them can help explain how life on ...

Researchers have published a study that outlines the discovery of three new types of minerals never before catalogued on ...

Abigail Chobany, a master's student in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, ...

As another school year ends, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory welcomes two new summer interns: Kamalani Poepoe and Ruth ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Petrology is the study of the macroscopic and microscopic mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks. In addition to assessing sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks that are accessible ...

As another school year ends, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory welcomes two new summer interns: Kamalani Poepoe and Ruth ...

Three never-before-seen minerals have been discovered in the southwestern U.S.

Geologists discover three unique new minerals at Cookes Peak, New Mexico: raydemarkite, virgilluethite, and stunorthropite.

Taruga Minerals is expanding its exploration plans at its new Thowagee project in the Gascoyne region of WA on the trail of ...

As another school year ends, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory welcomes two new summer interns: Kamalani Poepoe and Ruth Gale. With an ongoing eruption at the summit of Kīlauea, ...