The William & Mary Department of Geology has acquired a world-class mineral collection that geologists say will be a valuable resource in the department for many years. Professor Brent Owens of the ...

A new LEGO Ideas set is coming to life as fans can leave that dirt behind and pick up some bricks with the LEGO Ideas Mineral Collection. The set features 880 pieces and is designed for adult ...

The people at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History were nice enough to give a couple members of the Chemistry in Pictures team a behind-the-scenes look at their mineral ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Collecting rocks and minerals has a long history. Collections ...

Cleveland isn’t the only city with a Rock Hall of Fame. In Albany, the New York State Museum is home to the world’s largest mineralogy collection, which is only part of a mind-boggling, scientific ...

A.K. Miles of Salem spent summers as a little girl traveling the Pacific Northwest with her grandparents, collecting rocks and helping her great-grandfather cut and polish them in his lapidary shop.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Mineral Museum is reopen in Butte after renovations, and a recent donation is boosting the collection by 6,800 specimens. The museum was closed for five months so flooring could ...

WYOMING, Mich. — What looks like just a rock to most people can hold much more meaning for collectors. The rock can be a story, a science lesson, or even a childhood memory. The Indian Mounds Rock and ...

THE geological survey of Canada, under the direction of Mr. Selwyn, F.R.S., has placed in the Philadelphia Exhibition a collection of minerals and rock specimens of much interest, as they very fairly ...