Geology often gets a bad rap as the boring study of rocks and minerals. I’m hear to show you otherwise. Geology is a high-octane window into Earth’s vibrant, often violent history. Every rock tells a ...

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 ...

If you draw with a pencil, you can tell how soft the graphite inside is. Pieces of graphite break off to leave the pencil mark. But can you imagine drawing with a diamond? Diamonds and graphite are ...

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 ...

What is the rock cycle? There are three types of rocks — igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic — that have formed over time in the Earth's different layers. A rock can begin as one type and can change ...

Thundereggs look like regular rocks from the outside, but contain intricate and colorful mineral patterns inside — often made ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The discovery of fossils in graves and in archaeological digs ...

Geologists have come up with an original explanation of how nature may produce an intriguing class of magmatic rocks that are made up of only one type of mineral. Geologists from Wits University in ...