Himalayan salt and sea salt contain various trace minerals due to respective nutrients in the soil and sea. Their nutrient ...

The origin of Upheaval Dome in Utah remains debated, with theories ranging from a meteorite impact to underground salt ...

Synchrotron microbeam X-ray diffraction analysis (both small- and wide-angle) provides insights into lamellar orientation and structure. The microbeam X-ray results reveal monoclinic crystals for ...

Upheaval Dome is a giant rock formation in southeastern Utah with two potential origin stories, although most scientists think it was created by an ancient meteor strike.

The overgrown foliage had been hiding an ancient structure. Archaeologists identified the ruins as a pyramid-like building dating back at least 3,800 years, officials said. It has three ...

though rock salt crystals are usually much bigger. The substance can work wonders during a blizzard, but there are some big caveats. Rock salt usually adds to environmental pollution and can be ...

If true, the salt bubble theory would make Upheaval Dome the most deeply eroded salt structure in the world. But the discovery of the shocked quartz crystals is the last published investigation ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Some local cities and towns are dealing with a shortage of rock salt. That’s a big problem — especially with more snow on the way this week. Many local communities ...

Someone pass the salt − and hurry. The Finger Lakes mine that provides nearly all the rock salt used throughout metro Buffalo has struggled to keep its customers resupplied in recent days.

The town of Higashiura in Aichi Prefecture has said that two giant pieces of rock salt that it posted on the flea market app Mercari were sold for a total of ¥420,000 ($2,690). The blocks of rock ...

State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi’an 710065, P. R. China School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — It's late January in Western New York, so we know that there's plenty of winter weather ahead, but is there enough rock salt to treat the roads? "It's making life ...