The mineralogy of Earth is determined by its chemical composition, its physical conditions, and its evolution over time. About 5,000 minerals have been found on Earth and every year some new ones are ...

Scientists have discovered “alien” minerals at the site of a prehistoric meteor strike on Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye. Geologists from Birkbeck, University of London, were part of a team examining ...

A strange mineral found in a meteorite does not behave like anything on Earth when it’s heated. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international ...

A slice of the El Ali meteorite, now housed in the U of A's Meteorite Collection, contains two minerals never before seen on Earth. A team of researchers has discovered at least two new minerals that ...