Rockhounding is the recreational study and collection of rocks, gems, minerals or fossils, such as fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation known as petrified wood or geodes, a rock with its ...

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The region has become a hub for producing and selling rock crystals, with nearly a quarter of its 1.24 million residents working in crystal-related industries. Donghai’s crystal industry has ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...

A new study in Chile shows how small differences in rock type can drive large differences in erosion, vegetation, and river networks, illuminating the role of mineralogy in shaping landscapes.

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Liquid crystals are substances that flow like a liquid but maintain some of the ordered structure of crystals. Liquid-crystal molecules tend to be elongated and to orient in specific directions.

Below, we look at where these resources are in Ukraine, and why Kyiv has struggled to mine these minerals. Ukraine is sitting on one of Europe’s largest deposits of critical minerals ...

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