If you draw with a pencil, you can tell how soft the graphite inside is. Pieces of graphite break off to leave the pencil mark. But can you imagine drawing with a diamond? Diamonds and graphite are ...

While landscaping brings greenery to many people’s minds, rocks are an important part of landscaping, too. Perhaps more accurately a hardscaping element, the various types of landscaping rocks add a ...

What is the rock cycle? There are three types of rocks — igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic — that have formed over time in the Earth's different layers. A rock can begin as one type and can change ...

How do rocks change over time? Idaho's geology makes it a special place for finding many different kinds of rocks and minerals. Minerals are made from 92 chemical elements that join together in many ...

Camp Fire staff recently presented Camp Fire’s “Geology Rocks” program to Erin Willgohs’ third-grade class at St. Paul School, Salem. Students learned about different types of rocks, how they are ...

If you have not heard of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, you are likely not alone. Now, there are plenty of puns about hidden gems, and how the place rocks, but I'll leave the puns ...

The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades. Researchers believe the natural cements found in ...