Geochemical research could help identify microbial activity in Earth's rock record and perhaps in Martian sediments

Because oxygen-bearing sulfate minerals trap and preserve signals from Earth's atmosphere, scientists closely study how they ...
PBS

Stones And Minerals

A little knowledge of rocks and minerals will help you identify everything from jewelry to fossils. While reading this article may not turn you into a geologist, it should give you the basic ...
Oregonian

Rice Museum Northwest Rocks and Identification Program

Beaverton City Library on Thursday, August 8, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals will offer a hands-on class on identifying rocks and minerals. We will walk through the ...
Oregonian

Beaverton City Library offers hands-on rock identifying class: Beaverton best bet

Hello Beavertonians! On Thursday, Aug. 8, the Beaverton City Library will bring in a local museum curator to teach attendees how to identify rocks and minerals. Lara O'Dwyer Brown, curator of the Rice ...
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Mystery: No One Could Identify Glowing Rocks As Any Existing Type of Rock

Planet Earth is a unique place: it's full of unusual things happening every moment. Right now as you're watching this video, ...
MLive

‘Rock librarian’ explains clues for identifying U.P. mine’s mystery mineral

When news broke late last month that an unidentified bright blue mineral had been found in Adventure Mining Company’s historic Upper Peninsula copper mine, many people made speculations on social ...
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Scientists To Identify Minerals Within Mars Rocks Using AI

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Artificial intelligence is helping scientists to identify minerals within rocks in Mars studied by the Perseverance rover. Some scientists dream of exploring planets with 'smart ...