Ohio hides a small museum where crystals, fossils, glowing minerals, and quirky surprises make geology feel unexpectedly fun.

The William & Mary Department of Geology has acquired a world-class mineral collection that geologists say will be a valuable resource in the department for many years. Professor Brent Owens of the ...

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 ...

GeoFair 2026, a nonprofit gem, mineral, fossil and jewelry show, will be May 16-17 at the Butler County Fairgrounds, which is ...

Is geology predictable, or is the mineral composition of Earth due to chance events? The answers could eventually help scientists identify planets likely to harbor life. Recently, researchers have ...

Longtime friends Eugene Genova and Ron Russ share an unusual hobby: They hunt dinosaurs. And sometimes, they actually find them. The amateur paleontologists, who attended Sachem High School South and ...

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 ...

Kenya is sitting on a vast but largely untapped mineral base stretching from coastal rare earth deposits to gold belts in the west, and battery minerals in the north, findings of a ...

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 27, 2025) - Andrew Neale, CEO of CopAur Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CPAU) (the “Company”) is pleased to report that the Company has contracted APEX ...

Identifying minerals blends careful observation with dependable tests that reveal each specimen’s unique signature. Geologists examine hardness, streak, luster, cleavage, and crystal habit to tell ...