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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 ...

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected tiny corundum grains—the mineral behind rubies and sapphires—inside rocks along Jezero ...

Lucky us, getting to live in majestic Colorado; amid our state’s natural beauty are some of the world’s best locations for discovering fossils, minerals and even gold! In this three-day class we will ...

AURORA — Salt, sugar and geodes — they are all formed with crystals, kids learned Monday at the Edgerton Explorit Center. The Crystal Creation Palooza camp was part of the Mad Science Mondays at the ...

Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of the ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

What would a chimpanzee do if you handed it a glittering quartz crystal? Apparently, the same thing many of us would—hold ...