Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. There would be no bright and colorful fireworks without rocks and ...

In celebration of National Rock Day, learn how several rock specimens in the new exhibition “From These Lands” shed light on ...

Minerals are typically formed when molten rock, or magma, cools, or by separating out of mineral-rich water, such as that in ...

What is the difference between a rock and a stone? What is a rock? What is a stone? There is a difference. Find out what it is. Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and Idaho ...

ROCKS and minerals from around west Cumbria are now travelling the world via eBay, turning the remnants of the county’s ...

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 ...

There would be no bright and colorful fireworks without rocks and minerals. A firework is produced by launching a shell containing fuel and a color mix high into the air, where it explodes. This ...