In this episode, we uncover hidden gold inside large quartz rocks - using nothing but our trusty metal detectors and some good old-fashioned hard work. With the help of the Minelab Gold Monster 1000, ...

Dinosaur National Monument photo You might want to wash your hands the next time you check out an unusually shiny rock. Turns out fossilized poop — called coprolites — isn’t the only ...

Astronomers are puzzling over an unusually shiny space rock orbiting billions of kilometres ... KBO 55636 is one of a number of KBOs formed from a strange football-shaped dwarf planet, called ...

Dear Sundog: I’ve been obsessed with rocks since I was a kid ... Western/capitalistic acquisitiveness—an impulse to hoard shiny things? Maybe it’s both. And lately, every time I pick ...

Wire wrapping, geode cracking, and a collection of shiny rocks and gems will be on display for all to see at the 45th annual Gem and Mineral Show. The Indian Mounds Rock and Mineral Club will have ...

Curiosity snapped several views of a smooth, shiny rock on Nov. 3. It's in good company with other smaller rocks that sport a similar sheen. The larger rock looks a lot like a wayward pancake ...