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 of the virtual drawers ...

All rocks are made of one or more minerals. Minerals are solid, naturally occurring substances with well-defined crystal ...

In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

They heated calcium oxide (a common material in cement production) with magnesium silicates in a furnace. This caused the ...

Synenites are common rocks that can be found in the Great Lakes ... a fluorescent sodalite looks like granite. The larger the mineral size, the brighter the shine. There are five classes of ...