Minerals are typically formed when molten rock, or magma, cools, or by separating out of mineral-rich water, such as that in underground caverns. In general, mineral particles are small ...

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to ...

A secure, green, and innovation-filled future awaits us, but only with the help of rocks buried deep in the ground New forms of energy, more mouths to feed, and exciting innovations in technology—all ...

There would be no bright and colorful fireworks without rocks and minerals. A firework is produced by launching a shell containing fuel and a color mix high into the air, where it explodes.

Earlier this week, during the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference, Geoscience BC announced the publication of a new inventory of legacy and operating mine sites and waste dumps ...

An "amazing" new type of mineral has been discovered by scientists analysing a rock mined in Cornwall about 220 years ago. The dark green mineral has been named kernowite after Kernow, the Cornish ...

Primary minerals form at elevated temperatures from cooling magma during the original solidification of rock or during metamorphism, and they are usually derived from igneous and metamorphic rocks ...