Rare gemstones and crystals are highly prized not only for their stunning beauty but also for their elusive qualities. While popular gems like amethysts, topaz, and diamonds capture the hearts of many ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

Rare Earth Gallery has what you want. The north Valley shop carries a truly impressive assortment of rocks and crystals, from a palm-sized heart-shaped quartz to epic amethyst slabs that cost ...

The most common rare-earth magnet alloy ... Again, it’s partly to do with the crystal structure, and partly to do with the electronic structure of the elements in the alloy.

More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple ...

A newly discovered protein naturally houses an unusual binding site that can differentiate between rare earth elements, and ...

The fund is down 8.8% year to date as of Aug. 18. The most popular rare-earth fund is the VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX), which has an expense ratio of 0.54%, has been around since ...

Coking coal is the third most important critical raw material in terms of import value. Coking coal, or metallurgical coal, is a special type of coal used in blast furnaces to produce steel. The ...

Astrologer Valerie Mesa shares the best crystals for this zodiac sign to harness their transformative nature and embrace ...

It couldn’t be, could it? The Przewalski’s — most commonly pronounced che-VAL-ski’s — is so rare that the horse, native to Mongolia, was once extinct in the wild. Its scant bloodlines ...

The new edition of this landmark volume takes into account the vast amount of new spectral data on minerals, and describes a variety of applications of crystal field theory to the earth and planetary ...