The magma cools down and solidifies, leaving behind a mound of rock, like Traprain Law. Igneous intrusions can be found all around Scotland, not just in Edinburgh and Lothian. Some other examples ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has just collected its 26th sample, named "Silver Mountain ... an important mineral found in many igneous rocks. Pyroxene minerals are among the most common ...

and manganese nodules as well as very rare igneous, metamorphic, and mantle rocks. Scientists use a wide variety of methods to subsample and analyze the rock samples, like thin sections, isotope ...

In a new study published in Microbial Ecology, microbiologists focused their research on the Bushveld Igneous Complex in ... retrieved a 30-centimeter-long rock sample. To prevent contamination ...

The object was found at Coto Correa in Las Chapas, a site that has been known since the 1950s, when archaeologists first ...

This is a beginner's guide to identifying UK rock types. The guide has two main sections: background information on the structure and forces affecting the Earth in relation to rock formation a more ...