Mineral Researches Archives

Diamonds from the Juina area: most of these are superdeep diamonds. Credit: Graham Pearson

Superdeep diamonds confirm ancient reservoir deep under Earth’s surface

August 17, 2019

Welcome Stranger Nugget : World’s Largest Gold Nugget found in Australia

February 21, 2020

Diamonds could one day replace GPS

January 8, 2017

Biggest and best diamonds formed in deep mantle metallic liquid

December 15, 2016

Ancient magma movements responsible for Gascoyne minerals

August 20, 2015

Potential new source of rare earth elements

March 4, 2019

What makes diamonds blue?

August 2, 2018

How Do Opalised Fossils Form?

April 14, 2017

The secrets of garnet reveal source of water to fuel powerful...

March 15, 2018

The extensive accumulations of obsidian artefacts in level C. a,b, General view of the level and detail of artefact density along the MS cliff (a) and inset (b). c,d, General view (c) and detail (d) of the artefact concentration (mainly handaxes) in the test pit of 2004. Credit: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01970-1

Obsidian handaxe-making workshop from 1.2 million years ago discovered in Ethiopia

January 27, 2023

Canadian sapphires fit for a queen now unearthed

July 28, 2017

Ancient Minerals: Which Gave Rise to Life?

November 25, 2013

A rough diamond from Kankan, Guinea, that was analyzed in a new study led by a PhD student at the U of A. The imperfections inside the diamond are small inclusions of a mineral called ferropericlase, which is from the lower mantle. Credit: Anetta Banas

Uncovering new understanding of Earth’s carbon cycle

September 12, 2020

Petoskey stone : What Is Petoskey Stone? Where Is Petoskey Stone...

May 12, 2019

The island of Daphne to the north of Santa Cruz

Mineral discoveries in the Galapagos Islands pose a puzzle as to...

October 21, 2018

Thin section of NASA sample, LAP 02436, Lunar Mare Basalt containing indigenous noble gases. Image type: optical microscopy, cross-polarized light. (Image: ETH Zurich / Patrizia Will)

One more clue to the Moon’s origin

August 13, 2022

What is Polymineralic Rock?

March 18, 2019

Rock salt holds the key to a paradigm shift

July 15, 2016

The case of the missing diamonds

December 19, 2016

Moonstone : What Is Moonstone Gemstone? How Is The Moonstone Formed?

April 15, 2019

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Mysterious deep-Earth seismic signature explained

November 23, 2017

NASA’s EPIC view spots flashes on Earth

May 15, 2017

Ordovician Chronostratigraphic Chart

August 12, 2013

Burgessomedusa phasmiformis.: Oldest known species of swimming jellyfish identified

August 5, 2023

Lanarkite

May 18, 2014

Deep water aquifer acts like natural bio-reactor, allowing microbes to consume carbon

April 24, 2018

Mineral Researches

Scientists crack the code of what causes diamonds to erupt

How rare earth element (REE)-rich deposits formed in central Sweden

Mystery of Uruguay’s amethyst geodes

Rose Quartz: The Pink Gemstone

New theories about nature of Earth’s iron