Yooperlites are a variety of sodalite-rich syenite found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

The team of researchers analyzed the chemistry of mineral grains commonly found in igneous rocks, like granite, from the Transantarctic Mountains.

Here's what to know about the rock that is found in the Upper Peninsula along Lake Superior: What is a Yooperlite? Yooperlites are a variety of sodalite-rich syenite found in the Upper Peninsula ...

Geologists recently dated the age of Watersmeet gneiss, a type of rock in the Upper Peninsula, as the oldest in the U.S. Here's what to know.

NASA's Mars rover has pictured a mysterious, skull-shaped rock on the Red Planet whose origin remains uncertain. The mysterious rock, which NASA is calling the "Skull Hill", was discovered on ...

Because these crater floor samples came from igneous rocks forged in lava flows, they can help scientists understand the chemical composition of Mars’s interior, Wadhwa points out.

This 1930s educational film explores the natural landscapes, geological formations, and agricultural practices of the time. It features scenes of farmers tilling soil, majestic mountain roads ...

First Phosphate properties consist of rare anorthosite igneous phosphate rock that generally yields high purity phosphate material devoid of high concentrations of harmful elements.

The igneous phosphate ore found at First Phosphate's Bégin-Lamarche property in Quebec, Canada is mostly from nelsonite and oxide-apatite-mafic- ultramafic rocks in massif anorthosite from the ...

This study evaluated the main pedogenic processes of soils formed from mafic igneous rock (gabbro) in a toposequence in Pinheiral (RJ) by characterizing physical, chemical, mineralogical and ...

Article citations More>> Gill, R. and Fitton, G. (2022) Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide. John Wiley & Sons. has been cited by the following article: TITLE: Optimal Classification of ...