Yooperlites can be found as loose pebbles and cobbles along many Lake Superior beaches and even in some inland gravel pits.

The dust was left behind by a massive space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk ... the researchers found many more of these crystals and examined them in much greater detail.

Crystals are symmetrical, neatly ordered patterns of atoms that repeat themselves regularly. They are found commonly in nature in different types of rock. Thirty years ago, through experiments ...

The information comes from tiny zircon crystals found inside the rocks. Unusual small stones on a beach in Iceland may help tell the story of the Roman Empire’s demise. A team of researchers ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

The crystals were found accidentally when NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover cracked open a rock to expose the crystals, according to the space agency. The rover then found an entire field of what ...

There’s treasure in Washington’s mountains, beaches and creeks. It comes in the form of crystals and agates, fossils and petrified wood. The state is rock hounding paradise, say those who ...

a collection of other rocks at home? BEN: Yeah, at home. I collect fossils and crystals. I've got quite a few upstairs. I've got a few fossils. Like, when I went to Jurassic Coast, I found quite a ...

Video footage of the event showed the space rock burning up in a flash ... the researchers found many more of these crystals and examined them in much greater detail. However, even then, "finding ...