The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Researchers have published a study that outlines the discovery of three new types of minerals never before catalogued on ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

The Kamloops Curling Club is sparkling with crystals, stones, gems and geodes with the Kamloops Rock N’ Gem Show now underway ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover faced a challenging Mars rock named “Kenmore,” revealing valuable insights into Martian geology.

Metallic Minerals Corp. is a resource-stage mineral exploration company, focused on copper, silver, gold, platinum group elements, and other critical minerals at the La Plata project in ...

This time, it has come through an unintentional clash between the Curiosity Rover and a Martian rock in the Gediz Vallis ...

Geologists and mining officials speak on what this discovery means for Nevada, our country, and the environment.

News Published: 14 June 1941 Stability of Minerals in Sedimentary Rocks P. G. H. BOSWELL Nature 147, 734–737 (1941) Cite this article ...