The area is known for its commercial production of scoria, a volcanic rock composed of basalt and andesite. These fine-grained, dark-colored, igneous rocks make up the cinder cones, which average ...

A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder ...

Sodalite forms in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium-rich, silica-poor magmas. That’s how it got its name—soda + lithos, or “sodium stone," according to Rock Your World gem & art ...

A German university, Göttingen University, has literally "struck gold" in recent findings from volcanic rocks. A new study of these volcanic rocks from Hawaii, that leaked out from deep under the ...

At least five people have died and six more people are missing after a large explosion rocked a chemical plant in eastern China on Tuesday, according to local authorities. The blast spewed a ...

Rick Derringer, a former teen star who went on to have a six-decade rock and roll career, has died. He was 77. Variety reported that his caretaker, Tony Wilson, announced the news. Derringer died ...

Rick Derringer, guitarist and rock 'n' roll legend, died at 77 in Ormond Beach, Florida. Derringer's career spanned six decades and included collaborations with artists from various genres.

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A plume thick with ash, scoria and Pele’s hair climbed at least 5,000 feet above the crater. The eruption covered roughly half the floor of Halemaumau crater with new lava, most of it confined ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Global makers of surveillance gear have clashed with Indian regulators in recent weeks over contentious new security rules that require manufacturers of CCTV cameras to submit ...

Take a peek at The Rock, a huge chunk of stone in the middle of campus. Originally a fountain donated by the Class of 1902, painting the Rock became a student prank in the 1940s. Today, students paint ...