What is the difference between granites and garnets? Minerals are the building blocks of rocks. They are inorganic, crystalline solids with a known chemistry. Examples of minerals include diamonds, ...

Introduction to materials and processes that shape the earth we live on. Lecture and laboratories acquaint students with minerals, rocks, earth resources, weathering, geologic time, landslides, ...

There are three general approaches that allow scientists to date geological materials and ... across large discontinuous areas. Some minerals in rocks and organic matter (e.g., wood, bones ...

They often provide detailed information about the local geology, including the types of rocks and minerals found in the area.

Both petrological and mineralogical processes are sensitive to environmental conditions, so the compositions of rocks, and the minerals they consist of, are interrogated to answer fundamental ...

The 27,000 square-foot MGRRE facility archives the most comprehensive collection of geological samples and data in the state of Michigan, including approximately 530,000 linear feet of rock cores.

Signs, photos, equipment and more from the region's and country's mining history are returning to the University of ...

Families can take part in an exciting learning opportunity with four leading geologists at Clitheroe Castle. Clitheroe Castle is globally renowned as a site for one particular type of ancient ...

Rocks and minerals hold precious clues about how Earth formed and evolved over billions of years — but what is the difference between the two? In essence, rocks are aggregates of two or more ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A man was killed in a late-night shooting this weekend in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County police said. Police were called to Ella Street around 10:40 p.m. Saturday for reports ...

She's using her talent to give back to a cause very close to Pittsburgh's heart. We're celebrating Pittsburgh's harvest on PTL. We took at look back at 10 years of Pittsburgh's Flagship Farmer's ...

First came “Bohemian Rhapsody” from arena rock heavyweights Queen ... Green Day’s stadium show at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park mashed all those disparate elements together into an impressive ...