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One recent morning near the mouth of a canyon in southwest Colorado Springs, Christine Siddoway placed a few peculiar rocks in a parking lot and a dozen strangers gathered around. “That’s pretty,” one ...
As nations posture over access to rare earth deposits, scientists say these coveted materials are hiding in plain sight – and ...
A similar rare rock, titanomagnetitolivinit, has also been identified in Taberg, Sweden. The "Shared Magma" exhibit features art made with Cumberlandite pigments and runs through August 2026. We all ...
Rare rocks buried deep in central Australia have revealed how a valuable niobium deposit formed during the breakup of an ancient supercontinent. More than 800 million years ago, tectonic rifting ...