On a geological field trip to Quincy, Harvard scientist Francis Macdonald discovered a 582-million-year-old tillite, a type of sedimentary rock. The rock is on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural ...
Minerals are all around us. In fact, our planet is made of minerals. To be considered a mineral, a substance must have a definite chemical composition. Quartz, for example, is silicon dioxide. Some ...
The geologist said that the material that is left for extraction in Goa is only laterite. Panaji: 'Geology and Mineral Resources of Goa', a book by renowned geologist Professor Ashoka G Dessai, was ...
Exploiting critical minerals in byproduct mining waste is messy and challenging. Minerals like gallium and tellurium show up ...
One day in October 1820 two young men, Elijah Hamlin and Ezekiel Holmes, were hiking on a hill in Maine called Mount Mica when they spotted a glowing, green stone on the ground. They picked it up and ...
Mostafa Fayek discusses the significance of critical minerals (CMs) in modern technology and national security ...
Vang Danh coal mine, with more than 5,000 employees, is one of the biggest mines in the northern border province of Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA) The plan aims to bolster socio-economic development, ...
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Central Arkansas Gem, Mineral, and Geology Society are celebrating their 51st anniversary. To celebrate this event, they will be hosting their huge Gem Show this weekend in ...
FLINT, Michigan — Nearly $12,000 in minerals have been stolen from one of Mott Community College’s greatest gems. Among the 50 items that went missing this month from MCC’s geology museum are a small ...