Minerals aren’t just in rocks—they’re in your house, your food, even your body! From aluminum cans to toothpaste, and calcium to iron, discover how minerals shape the world around us and why they’re ...

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Do you know a child who finds endless wonder in nature and expresses that wonder by collecting EVERYTHING, from shells to sticks to rocks? Exploring and collecting are signs of intellectual curiosity.

Not too many kids grew up requesting the National Audubon Society’s field guide to rocks and minerals as a bedtime story, but that’s what makes 10-year-old Casey Friend of Overland Park unique. It was ...

SERVES. I LOVE THAT. MIKE. ALL RIGHT, SO WHETHER THEY’RE BEDAZZLED ONTO DOROTHY’S RUBY SLIPPERS OR MARILYN MONROE’S BEST FRIEND, MINERALS ARE ALL NOT ONLY PART OF OUR POP CULTURE, BUT THEY’RE ALSO A ...