Greenland, the largest island on Earth, possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources anywhere in the world.

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December 22, 2025 – Yosemite National Park officials ask if you can name all five of these legendary rock formations in Yosemite? Over millennia, glaciers, rivers, earthquakes, and even temperature ...

Scientists on NASA's Perseverance mission made a surprising discovery about the composition of rock in Jezero Crater, one that will help them get a better idea of when water existed on Mars, and ...

1 Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China 2 WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia ...

Very large minerals – in igneous rocks, the term "coarse-grained" means the minerals are large enough to be seen with the naked eye. In a pegmatite like this, the minerals are much larger than that, ...

Geoscience professor Matthew Kohn and colleagues published an article titled “Himalayan ‘S-type’ granite generated from I-type sources” on May 30, 2025 in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Locals are turning this natural wonder into a world-class climbing destination. Ancient granite, dramatic cliffs, and breathtaking views are available here. White House dismisses scores of National ...

In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the title ...

“X” really does mark a spot in Sybille Canyon along Wyoming Highway 34, but it doesn’t mark the site of buried treasure. It’s a unique geologic formation that might point to mineral wealth. (Wyoming ...