Two related discoveries detailing nanocrystalline mineral formation and dynamics have broad implications for managing nuclear ...

Quartz, diamond, calcite, and pyrite are a few of the most famous mineral “species,” according to traditional systems of classification. Yet, two papers published in American Mineralogist have ...

A slice of the El Ali meteorite, now housed in the U of A's Meteorite Collection, contains two minerals never before seen on Earth. A team of researchers has discovered at least two new minerals that ...

An international research team involving scientists from the University of Vienna, the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw and Univeristy of Edinburgh has described the process of growing ...

JACKSBORO, Texas, May 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Formation Minerals, Inc. (OTCQB: FOMI) (“Formation” or the “Company”), a growing oil and gas company with a focus on the acquisition and management ...

The current geochemical view is that hydrocarbons generated from organic matter disseminated in fine-grained sedimentary rocks and coals are controlled primarily by temperature and duration of heating ...

NASA shared a black-and-white image from the Curiosity rover’s ChemCam Remote Micro Imager that showed a small, coral-like rock formation on the floor of Gale Crater. The telescopic photo, taken on ...