Get your rocks, minerals and fossils identified for free at the Weis Earth Science Museum, October 3, 2024. (WLUK) It is a free rock, mineral and fossil identification event.

The rarest mineral on Earth is kyawthuite. Only one crystal, found in the Mogok region of Myanmar, is known to exist.

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission from a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.