Minerals aren’t just in rocks—they’re in your house, your food, even your body! From aluminum cans to toothpaste, and calcium to iron, discover how minerals shape the world around us and why they’re ...

Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

The Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club is changing their meeting from March 15, 2026 to Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. at the Cliff Shaft Mining Museum, 501 W. Euclid St., in Ishpeming. The change ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Stepping into Rockhound Rock Shop, visitors are transported to another world. There’s a seemingly never-ending cascade of rooms in the Galesburg shop, each with a different ...

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, many billions of metric tons of industrially generated carbon dioxide will have to be captured and stored away by the end of this century. One place to ...

Trading gems, minerals, fossils and meteorites can be fraught with controversy and ethical ambiguity. But is the answer to ...

Feb. 24—Whether someone is a huge collector or a fan of only one niche rock, attendees will have the chance to peruse through different 39 vendors and participate in seven demonstrations at this ...

About a 40-minute drive from Milwaukee, there's a show that will dazzle you whether you're a rock lover or not. It's the Rock, Mineral, Gem and Earth Science Show, happening ...

Everyone switched off their headlamps and there we stood together in total darkness, inside the San Gabriel Mountains. Yes, inside. I had joined a local caving group in an attempt to understand more ...