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

The government has identified several areas in the northeast region enriched with critical and strategic minerals which are ...

Rocks from a coastal town are assisting scientists to develop equipment which could enable astronauts to investigate 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.

Marble, slate and quartzite are types of metamorphic rock. Minerals – A mineral is a natural substance that comes from the Earth. Minerals are found in rocks, water and food.

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.

A troy ounce bar of gold is worth a hefty sum of money, but the same amount of this mineral is worth over a hundred million ...

Rock versus minerals. Your basic rock comprises one or more minerals, while minerals are basically the building blocks of rocks, with an orderly internal structure and characteristic chemical ...

CNOOC Limited announced on Friday that the Bozhong 26-6 oilfield development project (phase I) has commenced production. Located in central Bohai Bay, with an average water depth of approximately ...