The United States is rich in many different types of minerals, some of which have been selected as state minerals to represent the state's geology, history, economy, and culture. Each state’s selection can typically be attributed to the state's unique ...

NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named “Wassonite” in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica in December 1969. The new mineral was discovered within the ...

Bluish-gray molybdenite, a molybdenium-sulfur mineral, in quartz from Wisconsin. More than 5,000 minerals have been identified on Earth, more than half of which are classified as rare, meaning they’ve been found in five or fewer places on the planet.

There are about 6,000 different types of minerals, but only a couple hundred are gemstones. Learn more about these special minerals and how someone like you can find your own gemstone. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

Think evolution is something that happens only to plants and animals? Think again, say scientists who point out that evolution — change through time — happens in the mineral kingdom as well. As our solar system has aged, the number of types of minerals ...