A little knowledge of rocks and minerals will help you identify everything from jewelry to fossils. While reading this article may not turn you into a geologist, it should give you the basic ...

You can use apps like "Rock Identifier: Stone ID" to quickly determine the value of rocks. These apps have a database for you to reference different types of rocks for identification. The valuation ...

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Beaverton City Library on Thursday, August 8, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals will offer a hands-on class on identifying rocks and minerals. We will walk through the ...

Hello Beavertonians! On Thursday, Aug. 8, the Beaverton City Library will bring in a local museum curator to teach attendees how to identify rocks and minerals. Lara O'Dwyer Brown, curator of the Rice ...

When news broke late last month that an unidentified bright blue mineral had been found in Adventure Mining Company’s historic Upper Peninsula copper mine, many people made speculations on social ...

“To help solve local, state, regional, national priorities, address concerns, and perhaps address this critical mineral crisis, which has become a national security issue,” Jones said. The goal: map ...