There are about 6,000 different types of minerals, but only a couple hundred are gemstones. Learn more about these special minerals and how someone like you can find your own gemstone. Science Trek is ...

Michigan visitors can search for fluorescent rocks with a UV light as darkness falls along the shoreline of Lake Superior in ...

Hunting for radioactive rocks is a fascinating hobby for science enthusiasts and mineral collectors. Using tools like Geiger counters, explorers search for naturally occurring radioactive minerals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WEST SPRINGFIELD — Collectors, sellers, and buyers alike will travel from all over the country to attend this weekend’s East Coast ...

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KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Stepping into Rockhound Rock Shop, visitors are transported to another world. There’s a seemingly never-ending cascade of rooms in the Galesburg shop, each with a different ...

A partnership between the federal government and state geological surveys, Earth MRI was established in 2019 with the goal of improving America’s knowledge of its “critical mineral” resources, a list ...

“Fluorescent sodalite-bearing syenite” is a mouthful, but these glowing rocks from the U.P. are also known as Yooperlite. Credit: Courtesy photo The 77th Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show is ...