From an early age, Charles Darwin collected minerals even if, as he himself laments, 'I continued collecting minerals with much zeal, but quite unscientifically--all that I cared about was a new-named ...

MANSFIELD - Local Mansfield Memorial Museum curator Scott Schaut said it's amazing the way things come back to museums including a mineral collection with aragonite, gypsum and marble. Last Saturday, ...

German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner was born in 1749 in Wehrau, at the time a city in the Prussian kingdom. Werner was educated at Freiberg and Leipzig, where he studied law and mining. In 1775 ...

At first glance, the word mineral invokes an image associated with mining, heavy machinery and digging for natural resources beneath the Earth’s surface. This evokes images associated with dark mines, ...

At least 145 of Earth's carbon-bearing minerals remain undiscovered, new research predicts. How many can collectors find by 2019? The hunt is on for Earth's undiscovered carbon minerals. Scientists, ...

The William & Mary Department of Geology has acquired a world-class mineral collection that geologists say will be a valuable resource in the department for many years. Professor Brent Owens of the ...

Rocks in the Gillespie Museum’s fluorescent room are a popular attraction for visitors. When exposed to ultraviolet light, the plain rocks glow with hot pinks, blues and other colors. Stetson ...

For a few weeks every winter, Tucson briefly goes rock crazy. In 1955, local gem-and-mineral enthusiasts began hosting a get-together, an event that’s since become something much more commercial, and ...