The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

What FACTS ABOUT ROCKS do you know? They are abundant on earth, and yet little is known about them. These facts will increase your knowledge of the rocks.

Igneous intrusions are a type of rock feature. They form when molten rock cools below the surface of the Earth. Join Isla and Connor as they explore igneous rock landscape features at Traprain Law ...

Igneous rocks contain few or no combustible elements. And it’s very hard to remelt them back into magma because they ...

They look a bit like geodes, but they’re not exactly geodes. There are three types of rock: igneous, metamorphic, and ...

Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling of molten rock. Molten rock is rock that has been heated to such a high temperature that it melts into a liquid. The basalt which makes up the Giant’s ...

There are three main types of rock: igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock. Almost all fossils are preserved in sedimentary rock. Organisms that live in topographically low places (such ...

For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental crust composed of granite or similar igneous rocks, forming the continental base, in combination with metamorphic rocks ...