ROCK ELM, Wis. -- An extremely rare mineral has been found in a western Wisconsin meteorite crater, offering a new glimpse into an astronomical event that happened long before the age of the dinosaurs ...

If you don’t instantly associate Maine with gem and mineral mining, you might be forgiven, but it probably means you haven’t spent much time in Oxford County, where scratching away at the state’s ...

NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named “Wassonite” in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica in ...

In 1969, an exploding fireball tore through the sky over Mexico, scattering thousands of pieces of meteorite across the state of Chihuahua. More than 40 years later, the Allende meteorite is still ...

There are more than 5,000 known mineral species on earth, from the ubiquitous quartz to the tremendously rare fingerite, which exists only at the summit of the Izalco volcano in El Salvador.

Evolution isn't just for living organisms. Scientists have found that the mineral kingdom co-evolved with life, and that up to two thirds of the more than 4,000 known types of minerals on Earth can be ...

Just like essential nutrients are necessary for a healthy body, critical minerals are necessary for a healthy economy. And a healthy national security. And a healthy educational system. Basically all ...

There’s sharks in North Texas! Well, what’s left of them anyway. Millions of years ago, the North Texas area was covered by a vast ocean. Recently, a lucky visitor to the Mineral Wells Fossil Park ...

The U.S. Geological Survey plans to start low-level plane flights this month across eastern Iowa to update national maps and in hopes of finding rare earth materials.