While landscaping brings greenery to many people’s minds, rocks are an important part of landscaping, too. Perhaps more accurately a hardscaping element, the various types of landscaping rocks add a ...

The film explores the composition and characteristics of rocks and minerals, focusing on granite and its constituent minerals such as feldspar, quartz, and mica. It discusses various methods for ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Looks like limestone’s on the menu for some unknown microbe.

There are about 6,000 different types of minerals, but only a couple hundred are gemstones. Learn more about these special minerals and how someone like you can find your own gemstone. Science Trek is ...