The geologist said that the material that is left for extraction in Goa is only laterite. Panaji: 'Geology and Mineral Resources of Goa', a book by renowned geologist Professor Ashoka G Dessai, was ...

USGS has unveiled its most detailed national geologic map, giving the public a free, interactive way to explore underground ...

Longtime friends Eugene Genova and Ron Russ share an unusual hobby: They hunt dinosaurs. And sometimes, they actually find them. The amateur paleontologists, who attended Sachem High School South and ...

On a geological field trip to Quincy, Harvard scientist Francis Macdonald discovered a 582-million-year-old tillite, a type of sedimentary rock. The rock is on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural ...

Minerals are all around us. In fact, our planet is made of minerals. To be considered a mineral, a substance must have a definite chemical composition. Quartz, for example, is silicon dioxide. Some ...

The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) has published new landslide maps that identify 257 existing slides in the 48 square miles covered in the Portland area maps, with the ...

One day in October 1820 two young men, Elijah Hamlin and Ezekiel Holmes, were hiking on a hill in Maine called Mount Mica when they spotted a glowing, green stone on the ground. They picked it up and ...

Meteorites and crystals, auctions and holiday shopping are on offer at the Contra Costa Mineral & Gem Society’s big gathering.

FLINT, Michigan — Nearly $12,000 in minerals have been stolen from one of Mott Community College’s greatest gems. Among the 50 items that went missing this month from MCC’s geology museum are a small ...

While crystals and unique rock formations inspire awe and wonder in the natural world, they can also serve as muses for paintings, photographs and mixed media works of art. Visitors to the Orlando ...

In Eagle County, many of us spend our time looking up toward mountain peaks, sunsets, or circling hawks, but some of the most ...