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Quartz: Types and Varieties of Quartz (Photos)

Quartz Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silicon dioxide (SiO₂). Quartz is one of the most common minera…

Shifting Sands on Mars

One day, most likely, humans will visit Mars and begin to unravel its geological history and even determine if anythin…

Tourmaline with Smoky Quartz

From: Sosedka Mine, Malkhan, Siberia, Russia Credit: Anton Watzl What a masterpiece of mother nature! A lovely matr…

Geology Mystery Solved By Discovery Of 'Lost' Tectonic Plate

The Isabella anomaly (IA) in California is in line with known remnants of the long-gone Farallon plate. ‘Lost’ F…

Believe It Or Not, This Is Actually Lava

Pele's hair is a form of lava.. Peles hair - Natural History Museum, London Pele's hair is a form of la…

Scientists Discover How Gypsum Forms

Giant gypsum crystals up to 11 meters long in the Cave of Crystals, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. A new explanation of …

These Maps Show What Washington Will Look Like When Antarctica Melts

Screenshot via Climate Central. An article published Wednesday in the journal Nature projects the West Antarctic …

One of Earth’s Missing Minerals Found Locked Inside Meteorite

Part of this slice of a meteorite that crashed into Australia more than a century ago contains a previously undiscovere…

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