Rocks have become life. As rocks erode and flow into the oceans and weather into soil, their minerals provide vital nutrients that underpin both the abundance and evolution of life. In turn, life has ...

Argent Minerals has identified new drill target zones at its Trunkey Creek project in NSW after rock chip sampling of ...

The Jack Hills, in Western Australia, contain tiny traces of rock that are older than the hills themselves. The 50-mile-long (80 kilometers) ridge contains crystallized minerals called zircons ...

An "amazing" new type of mineral has been discovered by scientists analysing a rock mined in Cornwall about 220 years ago. The dark green mineral has been named kernowite after Kernow, the Cornish ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Rocks and minerals contribute essential raw materials for any civilization, and in a technological society minerals (and the rare ...

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic ...