Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA are working to map minerals across the West.

What is the difference between a rock and a stone? What is a rock? What is a stone? There is a difference. Find out what it is. Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and Idaho ...

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. This ...

Flecks of minerals captured in diamonds show hidden connections between Earth’s surface and its deep interior Nester Korolev ...

Rocks, gems, minerals, and jewelry! The Wisconsin Geological Society is hosting its annual show in Waukesha this weekend.

After spending their weekends mining for rocks and minerals in Brazil, Jacob and Astrid Proctor relocated to Katy, where Jacob Proctor spent some of his teenage years growing up.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Stepping into Rockhound Rock Shop, visitors are transported to another world. There’s a seemingly never-ending cascade of rooms in the Galesburg shop, each with a different ...

Deondre Smith Jr., 9, and his brother Devonne, 7, searched for their favorite rock Friday among thousands for sale at the opening day of the Roxy Ann Gem & Mineral Show in southern Oregon’s Central ...