Critical minerals are having a moment. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is at the White House to talk up Australia's rich ...

Whether you're an avid rock collector or simply interested in the world around you — this new tool is designed to make ...

The Science Education Center houses thousands of rock and mineral samples in what is known as "The Rock & Mineral Room." The entire collection can be viewed by clicking on each of the virtual drawers ...

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 ...

The USGS publishes a geological map that reveals the underground layers of the U.S. and supports environmental education and ...

Learn about how Earth’s history is written in its rocks with this excerpt from “How to Read a Rock” Jan Zalasiewicz The pine tree, in this age-old relationship, is supported by the rock, and gains ...

The Australian prime minister said the critical minerals deal takes the U.S.-Australia relationship "to the next level." ...

Now, researchers like Elizabeth Holley, an associate professor of Mining Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, are ...

There has been much debate among scientists about whether an area deep within the Earth is dry as a rock or sloshing with ...

Fossilization is an invaluable process for gaining a window into the past, but it can also create a tripping hazard. The way Angela Piller, collections manager at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks ...

A Joplin native’s lifelong collection of minerals and rocks has been donated to t History & Mineral Museum, expanding the pieces that can be displayed and studied. Ava Gager Smith, a 1957 graduate of ...