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 ...

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 ...

Geologists recently dated the age of Watersmeet gneiss, a type of rock in the Upper Peninsula, as the oldest in the U.S. Here ...

The scientists dated the rocks using zircon, a mineral in gneiss, the GSA said. "Dating zircon grains using ... techniques is now celebrated as the optimal method for determining when igneous ...

"It's tradition," said Mimi Ferlin. "You just come out here and paint 'The Rock.'" "The Rock," as it's affectionately known, emerged when a stretch of Interstate 5 just south of Bellingham was ...

"Roundball Rock," the NBA anthem written by John Tesh and popularized during the NBA on NBC from 1990-2002, will return to NBC when the network begins broadcasting games next season as part of the ...

A historic hotel in the North Carolina High Country is being torn down. The Green Park Inn in Blowing Rock, which was built back in 1891, is set for demolition. ALSO READ: Carolina Theatre gets ...

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 ...

A Douglas County jury found a man guilty of murder and attempted murder Monday after he shot two people in a fist fight outside of a Castle Rock apartment complex in 2022. Miguel Angel Mercado ...