Almost all minerals have a crystal structure, and they can be formed through rapid cooling. Some examples of minerals include ...

Crystals and gemstones can be more than just beautiful—they can be deadly. Minerals like arsenopyrite, cinnabar, galena, and torbernite carry toxic substances like arsenic, mercury, lead, and ...

It could be said that minerals are salt-of-the-earth, crystals are organized, and gemstones like to show off. Not very scientific, though, so let’s dive into the details. What is a mineral ...

Calcite, quartz, and pyrite are just a few of the beautiful minerals that can be found in Jackson County. These examples take a long time to form, sometimes tens or ...

Geologists discover three unique new minerals at Cookes Peak, New Mexico: raydemarkite, virgilluethite, and stunorthropite.

Centrosymmetric crystals have always absorbed equal amounts of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light—until now ...

Green energy could take a major leap forward if we start to rely on the rare mineral jadarite, researchers claim in a new ...