Stone has been the backbone of British and Irish construction for millennia, from Stonehenge to Georgian townhouses, and its relevance has never diminished. In contemporary construction projects ...

A mysterious network of tunnels carved into solid rock is forcing scientists to reconsider the limits of ancient life on ...

This marble mine stretches deep underground, with chambers so large they’ve filled with water. Kayaking through the mine reveals the scale of industrial excavation hidden beneath the surface. The ...

The Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee observed in 2018 that 25 per cent of Rajasthan’s Aravallis had been lost to illegal mining and stone crushing.

ABSTRACT: Marble is a metamorphic rock, which is one of the 3 basic rock types (magmatic, sedimentary, metamorphic) forming the earth’s crust. The major characteristic sought after in a rock mass in ...

Serpentinite, a metamorphic rock of modest appearance, has not only been a material revered by ancient cultures, but modern science points to it as the possible setting for the planet’s first ...

A new outdoor exhibit detailing the story of Portsoy’s geological heritage, which includes a connection to moon rocks, has been unveiled. The geology wall is a new feature at the coastal town’s Salmon ...

Abiotic organic synthesis during geological processes has long drawn scientific interest, as it is believed to have laid both the material and energetic groundwork for the emergence of early life on ...

MARBLE ROCK (AP) | A 56-year-old Dougherty man has died in a tractor accident east of Marble Rock in northeast Iowa. The Floyd County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened Sunday. Investigators ...

This glossary gives information about the common rock-forming minerals, major rock types and some of the fossils that you may encounter in common building stones. Fossils are the evidence of ...

Hanika Rizo receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Jonathan O’Neil receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council ...

A rocky outcrop in a remote corner of northern Quebec appears serene in its eerie isolation on the eastern shore of Canada’s Hudson Bay. But over the past two decades, this exposed remnant of ancient ...