Yooperlites can be found as loose pebbles and cobbles along many Lake Superior beaches and even in some inland gravel pits.

Sodalite forms in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium-rich, silica-poor magmas. That’s how it got its name—soda + ...

A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder ...

Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect four-billion-year-old rock samples that could ...

Researchers reveal a dynamic geologic past for Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains, uncovering ancient mountain-building ...

The scientists dated the rocks using zircon, a mineral in gneiss, the GSA said. "Dating zircon grains using ... techniques is now celebrated as the optimal method for determining when igneous ...

The Department of Geology at the University of Madras invites school and college students to take a look at the rocks and ...

The findings may signify a much more dynamic Antarctic landscape history than previously recognized, including added support ...

Geoscience professor Matthew Kohn and colleagues published an article titled “Himalayan ‘S-type’ granite generated ...

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Geologists have unveiled “super regions” throughout the UK with the best geological potential to host energy transition ...