Researchers have discovered at least two minerals that have never been found on Earth. The minerals came from a meteorite found in El Ali, a town in Somalia and the namesake of the meteorite. The El ...

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Scientists have discovered a mineral stronger than a diamond called lonsdaleite. The mineral, which has been theorized about for years, was recently found in Africa after meteorites landed in the ...

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 ...

Data show that in 2024, the added value of the non-metallic minerals-based products industry in China for enterprises, each ...

Science enthusiasts, mineral lovers and those interested in astronomy alike can find multiple events in Tucson that shine a spotlight on the scientific world. These events include an asteroid sample ...

All the critical minerals the U.S. needs annually for energy, defense and technology applications are already being mined at existing U.S. facilities, according to a new analysis published in the ...

Mohammad Sadiq of the Ministry of Mines says developing a critical mineral processing value chain is a key challenge. He ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

Mansur Arief never imagined himself working in mining. As an artificial intelligence researcher finishing a PhD at Carnegie Mellon University, he developed safety algorithms for self-driving cars. But ...

In Eagle County, many of us spend our time looking up toward mountain peaks, sunsets, or circling hawks, but some of the most ...