Travertine is not only a geological wonder but also a popular building material. Its use dates back to ancient Rome, evident ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 21—Tahlequah Rock and Mineral Society is prepping for its annual earth science event. Michael Keys, president of the ...

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Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

How hard is a diamond? What is the difference between granites and garnets? Minerals are the building blocks of rocks. They are inorganic, crystalline solids with a known chemistry. Examples of ...

John Scully’s fascination with rocks started when he was 2 years old picking up quartz in the creek behind his house in Pennsylvania. The fascination, he said, “never really stopped.” Scully had ...

An "amazing" new type of mineral has been discovered by scientists analysing a rock mined in Cornwall about 220 years ago. The dark green mineral has been named kernowite after Kernow, the Cornish ...

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(CBS News) A meteorite that fell to Earth over forty years ago is still revealing its secrets to the science community. A researcher from the California Institute of Technology has discovered a ...

Mike Hodgson mhodgson@santamariatimes.com Aug 8, 2022 Aug 8, 2022 Updated Aug 26, 2022 For more information about the Orcutt Mineral Society, visit www.omsinc.org or contact Wayne Mills, the Rock Doc, ...