The Science Education Center houses thousands of rock and mineral samples in what is known as "The Rock & Mineral Room." The entire collection can be viewed by clicking on each of the virtual drawers ...

A little knowledge of rocks and minerals will help you identify everything from jewelry to fossils. While reading this article may not turn you into a geologist, it should give you the basic ...

Do you know a child who finds endless wonder in nature and expresses that wonder by collecting EVERYTHING, from shells to sticks to rocks? Exploring and collecting are signs of intellectual curiosity.

Learn about how Earth’s history is written in its rocks with this excerpt from “How to Read a Rock” Jan Zalasiewicz The pine tree, in this age-old relationship, is supported by the rock, and gains ...

The Yakima Rock and Mineral club will hold its annual show Friday through SundayApril 22-24, 2022, in the Modern Living Building at State Fair Park. This year’s event is the 59th Parade of Gems and ...

Rocks and minerals are closely related, but there are fundamental differences between the two. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

A.K. Miles of Salem spent summers as a little girl traveling the Pacific Northwest with her grandparents, collecting rocks and helping her great-grandfather cut and polish them in his lapidary shop.

One of the challenges faced by rock and mineral mining operations is that the extraction and processing of these materials ...