At rock and mineral shows, hobbyists and business owners can share and sell one-of-a-kind products as well as disseminate knowledge about rock collecting and jewelry making. At the 16th annual Tyson ...

A team of geologists at the University of Texas suggests that a collection of smooth, red quartzite cobbles, found in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, was deposited there by dinosaurs coming from ...

The scared red boulder, pictured Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, is a red quartzite rock that sits in Robinson Park in downtown Lawrence across from City Hall. In 1929, a group of Lawrence officials arranged ...

Microscopic Mojave Desert plants growing on the underside of translucent quartz pebbles can endure both chilly and near-boiling temperatures, scavenge nitrogen from the air, and utilize the equivalent ...