Venetia Diamond Mine, South Africa. Photo by Dr Tom Gernon, University of Southampton

Scientists crack the code of what causes diamonds to erupt

Amethyst-Geode in the parent rock

How do the Geodes get Colorful?

McGill Colloidal Au research team study a mineralized (gold-bearing) vein underground at the Brucejack mine. Credit: Duncan McLeish

Clues from soured milk reveal how gold veins form

cobalt-copper ore

Earth’s cobalt deposits formed much later than previously believed

Amazing Weird Agates “Looks like faces”

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

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The Roebling Opal

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The Largest Peridot in the World

What is The Largest Peridot in the World?

Spectacular rainbow obsidian blade

Colorful Obsidian : What is Obsidian? What are Obsidian Colors?

The diamond anvil in which samples of magnesiowüstite

Experiments using Diamond Anvils Yield New Insight into the Deep Earth

Professor Wenhao Sun shows off dolomite from his personal rock collection. Sun studies crystal growth of minerals from a materials science perspective. By understanding how atoms come together to form natural minerals, he believes we can reveal fundamental mechanisms of crystal growth, which can be used to make functional materials more quickly and efficiently. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering.

‘Dolomite Problem’: 200-year-old geology mystery resolved

Diamond crystal

Unique diamond impurities indicate water deep in Earth’s mantle

The Wedderburn meteorite. (Museums Victoria/CC BY 4.0)

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A diamond from the Colorado Wyoming kimberlites. Photo credit: Howard Coopersmith

New deep diamond and barium minerals named after UBC researchers

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