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Fault Lines in Utah Are Much Bigger Than Previously Thought, Study Says

Fault Lines in Utah Are Much Bigger Than Previously Thought, Study Says

Fault Lines in Utah Are Much Bigger Than Previously Thought, Study Says. Fault lines along the Wasatch front are much big…

Earth’s Plate Tectonics Began Over 3.2 Billion Years Ago

Earth’s Plate Tectonics Began Over 3.2 Billion Years Ago

Earth’s Plate Tectonics Began Over 3.2 Billion Years Ago. Prof. Roger Fu, an author on the study, poses on an outcrop of …

New Seismic Map of North America Reveals a Continent Under Tremendous Stress

New Seismic Map of North America Reveals a Continent Under Tremendous Stress

The new seismic stress map of North America. Image: Jens-Erik Lund Snee and Mark Zoback How do mountains form? What…

World's Largest Quartz Crystal Cluster

World's Largest Quartz Crystal Cluster

World's largest quartz crystal cluster on display. Crystal gallery, Swakopmund, Namibia. Quartz crystal cluster on displ…

Ammolite: Fossilized Ammonites Gem

Ammolite: Fossilized Ammonites Gem

Ammolite is an opal-like organic gemstone found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of North America…

Snowflake Obsidian

Snowflake Obsidian

Snowflake obsidian is a type of black obsidian with white or grayish spots. These spots are called spherulites, and they are…

The Most Detailed Look Inside the World's Oldest Dinosaur Eggs

The Most Detailed Look Inside the World's Oldest Dinosaur Eggs

The fossilised skulls of dinosaur embryos that died within their eggs about 200m years ago, have been digitally reconstruct…

Billietite: Mineral Information

Billietite: Mineral Information

Billietite from Krunkelbach, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried Billietite is an uncommon min…

How We Discovered Slow Earthquakes That Happen Over Weeks or Even Months

How We Discovered Slow Earthquakes That Happen Over Weeks or Even Months

You’re probably familiar with earthquakes as relatively short, sharp shocks that can shake the ground, topple building…

Radioactive Metaheinrichite

Radioactive Metaheinrichite

Radioactive Metaheinrichite. Photo: Mintreasure.com Plenty of beautiful tabular yellow crystals of rare metaheinrichite on…

Amber With Two Flies That Got Stuck Mating 40 Million Years Ago Discovered

Amber With Two Flies That Got Stuck Mating 40 Million Years Ago Discovered

Two mating, long-legged flies trapped in clear, honey-coloured amber, approximately 41 million years ago. (Photo: Jeffre…

Bizarre Life-forms Found Thriving in Ancient Rocks Beneath the Seafloor

Bizarre Life-forms Found Thriving in Ancient Rocks Beneath the Seafloor

Bizarre Life-forms Found Thriving in Ancient Rocks Beneath the Seafloor In 2013, scientists were stunned to find micro…

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