As a youngster growing up in New York, Graham Baird always was interested in science and the natural world, and in college he was fascinated with how igneous and metamorphic rocks formed. As an ...

Measurements have been made of the c axis dimension (thickness, t) and the apparent length (l') of bio-tite crystals seen in thin sections of metamorphic rocks. The mean (apparent) crystal shape ...

Sedimentary rocks are made up of pieces of older rocks (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary) and organic remains (shells, bone, etc.). When rocks break apart from erosion they are transported by ...

Matthew J. Kohn receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks – rocks transformed by heat, pressure or both. One of ...

Your browser does not support the video element. The durable mineral zircon is the oldest known stuff in our Earth's crust. It is formed only under extreme ...