It is the test bed for a collaboration between academics, space agencies and mineral exploration companies which aims to ...

Some minerals in metamorphic rocks include Micas, Kyanite, Pyroxenes, Sillimanite, Olivines, and Garnet. They form 12% of the earth’s surface. Facts about igneous rocks.

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

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

Places such as Purgatory Chasm and Millstone Hill, in Worcester's Green Hill Park, bear witness to the work of the glaciers.

Portsoy has long been known for its important geological features but now researchers from the University of Aberdeen are using the rare assembly of rock types found in the harbour area to replicate ...

Gneiss is a metamorphic rock composed of bands and lenses of various minerals, according to Geology.com. "Our candidates for the oldest U.S. rock are ancient gneisses with complex histories.

Metamorphic rock is that which has been transformed by heat, pressure or other natural forces. Instead, for the new study, O’Neil turned to the rare earth element samarium, which decays into the ...

What they were after was a type of metamorphic rock called gneiss (pronounced “nice”). It forms when igneous rocks like granite undergo intense heat and pressure, changing their structure and ...