Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

Geology often gets a bad rap as the boring study of rocks and minerals. I’m hear to show you otherwise. Geology is a high-octane window into Earth’s vibrant, often violent history. Every rock tells a ...

Minerals aren’t just in rocks—they’re in your house, your food, even your body! From aluminum cans to toothpaste, and calcium to iron, discover how minerals shape the world around us and why they’re ...

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 works.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Minerals are the non-living building blocks of the natural world ...

WYOMING, Mich. — What looks like just a rock to most people can hold much more meaning for collectors. The rock can be a story, a science lesson, or even a childhood memory. The Indian Mounds Rock and ...

A calcium-enriched feldspar mineral from Canada. Image by Tim Sandle. A calcium-enriched feldspar mineral from Canada. Image by Tim Sandle. It has taken fifteen years but now researchers have detailed ...

Another parent chaperone, Chad Curry, joined his fourth grader Izaire Curry on Wednesday’s trip. Curry said he grew up visiting the Peabody in the late 1980s and fondly remembered the woolly mammoth — ...

The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's formation. Glaciers, volcanic activity and the pushing of tectonic plates ...