Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even contribute to mass extinction events. Now, a new study has found evidence of a ...

The pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 mission on December 6, 2020, have been vital to improving ...

Jeff Koons' monumental outdoor sculpture, half-horse and half-dinosaur, will be covered with 50,000 flowering plants watered ...

Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on ...

Scientists have discovered that the oldest intact rock in the United States is not in Minnesota or Wyoming—but in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The 3.62-billion-year-old Watersmeet Gneiss is rewriting ...

The Department of Geology at the University of Madras invites school and college students to take a look at the rocks and minerals parked in its museum ...

Wyoming geologist Carol Frost and three of her colleagues have identified a new oldest rock in America. Found in Michigan, ...

What they were after was a type of metamorphic rock called gneiss (pronounced “nice”). It forms when igneous rocks like granite undergo intense heat and pressure, changing their structure and ...

Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin all feature ancient rocks known as gneisses — metamorphic rocks banded with various minerals — but an analysis determined that the gneiss in northern Michigan ...

The GMT-Master II is being released with tiger iron dial. Tiger iron being a rare metamorphic rock composed of tiger’s eye, hematite, and red jasper, giving the watch a deep, earthy texture with ...