For 60 years the Michiana Gem & Mineral show has been enchanting visitors with treasures from around the world. WSBT22s Lynnette Grant visited the St Joseph County Fairgrounds, where the show is ...

Northwestern University. "Rare mineral from rocks found in mollusk teeth." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 31 May 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 05 / 210531153219.htm>.

Colin R. M. Jackson, Stephen W. Parman, Simon P. Kelley, Reid F. Cooper. Noble gas transport into the mantle facilitated by high solubility in amphibole. Nature Geoscience, 2013; DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1851 ...

The mineral amphibole is made up of tetrahedral and octahedral structures linked together in a way that creates a series of rings. New research suggests those rings -- called A-sites -- could ...

May 31, 2021 at 3:00 pm - More than 2 years ago The hard, magnetic teeth of a leathery red-brown mollusk nicknamed “the wandering meatloaf” possess a rare mineral previously seen only in rocks.

It’s produced in about 35 states, with Indiana leading production. The rocks in Tennessee range in colors from off-white to dark gray, and they commonly sell for more than $150 for a 2-ton pallet.

Understanding the dynamics of the growth of three-dimensional mineral dendrites is important in physics, geology, material sciences and even the study of extraterrestrial environments.

Northwestern Engineering researchers have, for the first time, discovered a rare mineral hidden inside the teeth of a chiton, a large mollusk found along rocky coastlines. Before this strange surprise ...