A 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that fell to Earth in Africa is rewriting what we know about lunar volcanism. This rare meteorite, studied by UK scientists and unveiled at a major geochemistry ...

Rare earth elements are a family of 17 metallic elements with unusual properties that make them useful for specific ...

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Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Rock Islands Southern Lagoon covers 100,200 ha and includes 445 uninhabited limestone islands of volcanic origin. Many of them display unique mushroom-like shapes in turquoise lagoons surrounded by ...

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s earliest history.

Nunavik, in northern Quebec, may contain the oldest rocks in the world, according to an Ontario researcher. These rocks formed just a few hundred million years after the formation of the Earth itself, ...

A team of Canadian and French researchers has confirmed that northern Quebec is home to the oldest known rocks on Earth, dating back 4.16 billion years. Under the leadership of Jonathan O'Neil , an ...

Samples from a new site place the rocks at approximately 4.16 billion years old, in the earliest period of Earth's history.