Discover Mount Shuksan's green top, all built from ancient oceanic greenschist. Greenschist is a special type of rock that gets its green tint from minerals compressed long ago deep under the ocean.

Some minerals in lava could suggest water is nearby. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One way to find water worlds beyond our ...

If you wanted to hide billions of tons of carbon dioxide for thousands of years, where would you go? According to a new study ...

A team of scientists has assembled a new model describing the climate characteristics of the hellishly hot exoplanet, K2-141b, and it sounds like a real estate brochure for Mustafar. The model ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been fiercely erupting for well over a month. Now, residents are finding little green gems that have fallen out of the sky during Kilauea's eruption. The green gems are ...

A new technique turns climate-warming carbon emissions to stone. In a test program in Iceland, more than 95 percent of the carbon dioxide injected into basaltic lava rocks mineralized into solid rock ...

In 2017, gem and mineral dealer Erik Rintamaki stumbled upon glowing rocks along a beach near Lake Superior. The rocks, which looked normal at first, fluoresced brilliantly underneath UV ...

Volcanoes and contact metamorphism (existing rocks exposed to magma) have played an important role in the geologic history and diverse mineral composition of Arizona. From 1.8 billion years ago during ...

Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

Rock minerals are important for soil and plant health. I've often told folks that any kind of rock that's different from the native rock will help. The main rock minerals I use myself and recommend to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Some rocks are very common on earth. Large portions of the ...