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What are Minerals? Understanding the Building Blocks of Rocks and Geology

By: Molly Markey

Diamonds – the World's Most Valuable Gemstones: Where Do Diamonds Come From and Why Are They So Expensive?

By: Scott Hayden

Classification of Minerals: How Rock Forming Minerals are Identified in Hand Samples

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

Minerals Under the Microscope: Optical Mineralogy

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

Glass Buttes, Oregon, USA: The Ideal Field Trip for Finding Obsidian

By: David Katski

The Oldest Rock on Earth: Ancient Continental Crust Still Exists Today

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

Minerals in Sedimentary Rocks: Minerals Are Recycled to Form Sedimentary Deposits

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

Types of Metamorphic Rock: New Rocks are Determined by the Parent Rock

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

The Minerals of Igneous Rocks: Crytallization of Magma Fluids

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

Geologic Secrets of Stonehenge: Source of the Rocks Adds to the Mystery of the Monument

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

Christmas Gifts for a Rock and Mineral Collector: A Guide to Buying Geology and Paleontology Tools

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

How to Identify Rocks: The Differences between Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks

By: Feature Writer Alexandra Matiella Novak

Evolution in the Mineral Kingdom: How Life Altered Minerals on Earth and What It Means for Exobiology

By: Feature Writer Kelly Whitt

Sedimentary Rocks: Rock Formations Laid Down Over Vast Amounts of TIme

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Metamorphic Rock: Nature's Ever-Changing Mineral Formations

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Igneous Rocks: Important Mineral Bi-Products of Earth's Plate Techtonics

By: Isaac M. McPhee

The Science of Diamonds: Some Basic Priciples Behind the World’s Most Popular Gemstone

By: Lisa A. Bessasparis

Fairy Grottoes: Geodes Are Humble Rocks; They Do Not Flaunt Their Beauty.

By: Juliette Riitters

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