Tag: mineral

This is the first time researchers have developed a model for why some minerals can change color reversibly.

A rare form of an iron-carbide mineral was found by researchers

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Instead of dietary supplements, focus on a healthy diet, researchers say.

As a geologist, I'm not into gemstones and "pretty rocks" - but every once in a while, I see a ...

Pyromorphite. Image via AW Minerals. Pyromorphite is as awesome as it sounds. The mineral is composed of lead chlorophosphate: Pb5(PO4)3Cl, sometimes ...

Do you fancy diamonds? If the answer is 'yes', then you'll absolutely love this rock extracted from a Russian mine. ...

What's the most common mineral on Earth? Is it quartz, limestone? Maybe olivine? Well, if you take into consideration the ...

Photo: P. Elliott et al. Mineralogical Magazine There are over 4,000 known and fully described minerals in the world. Even ...

(c) NASA An eminent team of US researchers found that it is highly unlikely that the moon ever once harbored ...

Full resolution here - it works this time, I promise. Believe it or not, this is actually titanium, though not ...

A recently analyzed 4.5 billion years old meteorite yields one of the oldest minerals known in our solar system: krotite. ...