I have spent years, and quite a bit of money, building my collection to what it is today. Each time I visited a natural history museum as a kid, I spent my time in the mineral and fossil halls. I ...

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Visitors to the Perot Museum this week are among the first people in the world to lay eyes on a mineral that has a “cult-like following in the mineral collecting community,” according to a press ...

Dr. Joan Massagué, Director of the Sloan Kettering Institute and Chief Scientific Officer for MSK, in his study, which houses his mineral collection. Along with their alluring beauty, minerals — like ...

At first glance, the word mineral invokes an image associated with mining, heavy machinery and digging for natural resources beneath the Earth’s surface. This evokes images associated with dark mines, ...

Modern mineral collecting has its roots in the 16th century. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), a German scientist and father of mineralogy and mineral collecting, published “De Re Metallica,” a treatise ...

The hunt is on for Earth's undiscovered carbon minerals. Scientists, using statistical calculations, now know how many are out there. They even have some ideas about where to look. But to find them, ...

More people have need for minerals and gems than you might think. Home decorating projects, an interest in the scientific properties or histories of minerals, a love for beautiful jewelry or a passion ...

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Simanjiro. Tanzania has taken a decisive step to place young people at the centre of the mining economy, with Minister for Minerals Anthony Mavunde launching a youth-focused licensing drive and a new ...

At least 145 of Earth's carbon-bearing minerals remain undiscovered, new research predicts. How many can collectors find by 2019? The hunt is on for Earth's undiscovered carbon minerals. Scientists, ...