The mineralogy of Earth is determined by its chemical composition, its physical conditions, and its evolution over time. About 5,000 minerals have been found on Earth and every year some new ones are ...

Today 5,000 to 7,000 minerals are formally recognized on earth and every year some new ones are discovered. Most were hidden in rocks for million years, found only at a few sites or small crystals and ...

Minerals are geologic time capsules of the environments in which they form. With the right approach, their mysteries can be cracked open to reveal key features of the ancient Earth or other planets.

There are a number of wet chemical methods that can be used to identify minerals by the way that they react with specific chemicals. The most common way to do this in a controlled and accurate manner ...

Like many abandoned mines, the Eureka uranium mine in northern Spain is a maze of long, dank tunnels. Water seeping down the walls carries dissolved substances that percolated through rocks overhead.

Water molecules line up tiny particles to attach and form minerals; understanding how this happens impacts energy extraction and storage along with waste disposal. Large crystals growing in water ...

When most of us think about getting enough vitamins and minerals, we usually think of the ones that get the most attention like vitamins A, C and D and minerals like magnesium, calcium, iron and zinc.

A pockmarked ruddy red boulder sat for many years on the edge of the town El Ali in Somalia, near a popular well where herders and their animals gather to slake their thirst. Knowledge of the stone, ...

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, discovered the moment when planets started to form around a sun-like baby star, scientists reported Wednesday. The specks of planet-forming material are emerging ...