One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

Scientists report on the analysis of a surprisingly Earth-like Martian rock, discovered by the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, that offers new insight into the history of Mars's interior ...

Books Received Published: 23 April 1914 Igneous Rocks Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and Occurrence A. H. Nature 93, 183 (1914) Cite this article ...

Is mafic silica rich? Silica-rich igneous rocks containing potassium feldspar and quartz are felsic in composition. It is a light-colored rock. It is rich in iron and magnesium, and contains many ...

Igneous rocks may be subjected to high heat and pressure, or exposed to fluids that alter their mineral composition.

It is formed by cooling and crystallizing magma that has been melted in volcanoes, or from the melted rock that is still inside the crust. During the solidification process, that makes volcanic rock, ...

DAI’s team compared the composition of molybdenum isotopes in the Mesozoic-Cenozoic mafic igneous rock in the eastern North China craton and discovered a systematic difference, indicating a ...

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Scientists made a surprising discovery about the composition of rock in Jezero Crater, one that will help them get a better idea of when water existed on Mars, and ultimately, help them understand ...

Freundt-Malecha, B., Schmincke, H. U. & Freundt, A. Plutonic rocks of intermediate composition on Gran Canaria: The missing link of the bimodal volcanic rock suite. Contrib. Mineral.

Although Jake_M is very different from known Martian rocks, Stolper and colleagues realized that it is very similar in its chemical composition to a relatively rare type of terrestrial igneous ...