Studies of these zircon minerals has given us clues about the Hadean environment, and the formation and evolution of Earth’s ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Naming minerals after people is the largest category of arbitrary names. As of April 2023, a total of 3,294 minerals are named for people, representing 2,742 individuals.

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

The Rock & Mineral Room The Science Education Center houses thousands of rock and mineral samples in what is known as "The Rock & Mineral Room." The entire collection can be viewed by clicking on each ...

In the far, northwestern corner of Oklahoma's Panhandle, you can find Black Mesa State Park and Black Mesa Nature Preserve.

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

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

How heating rocks could help solve the climate crisis Scientists at Stanford University developed carbon capture technique they say is more practical and cost-effective ...

Naming minerals after people is the largest category of arbitrary names. As of April 2023, a total of 3,294 minerals are named for people, representing 2,742 individuals.

Only a few rules are imposed on new mineral names: reuse of an obsolete or discredited name should not happen within 50 years, and new names must not be too similar to existing names.