Ever wonder how Earth scientists examine rocks? We cut them up and throw them under a microscope ... and then everything ...

Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of Northern Iowa suggests that South Dakota's Wind Cave exhibits chemical ...

Deep below Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the ...

Inside Wind Cave the scientists found that chemicals fossilised within the rocks shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue, and ...

Deep underground, some caves on Earth are hiding a glowing secret—one that could help scientists understand how life might ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

Light toward the blue end of the visible spectrum ... which are usually comprised of inorganic minerals. But even organic materials vary in their stability: materials made of parchment, which ...

The single selected sample interval in the intermediate hole extends from 20m to 24m and delivered 77 per cent valuable heavy minerals, including 1 per cent pseudorutile and 76 per cent ilmenite.

This element is included in the US’s list of critical minerals. It is prized for ... include an oxide of this element seem blue under fluorescent light and pink under incandescent light.