These rocks really shouldn't be there. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The surprising discovery of volcanic, "igneous," rocks by ...

In my last column, I wrote about the locations where you can find igneous rocks that were formed from lava. The metarhyolite and metabasalt described in the column are known as extrusive rocks, those ...

WITH the collaboration of Dr. A. K. Wells, this well-known text-book has been revised and extended until now it is virtually a new book. Among the new features are chapters dealing with the ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The first rock that scientists analyzed on Mars with a pair of chemical instruments aboard the Curiosity rover turned out to be a doozy – a pyramid-shaped volcanic rock called a ...

In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the title ...

One main goal of NASA's Mars 2020 mission is to determine when conditions on the planet were conducive to the formation of liquid water. Hence the target Jezero crater, seemingly a lakebed with a ...

The study is divided into two main sections and compares igneous phosphate ore bodies around the world, including the Company's Bégin-Lamarche property, as to their ore grades, beneficiated phosphate ...

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PROF. DALY is a man of ideas. A few facts observed in the field suggest to him a hypothesis which he then proceeds to test by searching for other facts which must exist if the hypothesis be of any ...

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