New sedimentary rock made from slag is a carbon-trapping champ
Scientists study how industrial waste like slag hardens into sedimentary rocks, adversely affecting the environment but also ...
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What Are Geodes and Where Can You Find Them?
These spherical rocks begin as bubbles in volcanic lava — or as animal burrows, tree roots or nodules in sedimentary rocks which later fill with mineral-rich groundwater. Over millions of years ...
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What's the difference between a rock and a mineral?
"We're constantly finding new minerals, because we're exploring areas that might have conditions we didn't know about," Anderson said. There are three main types of rock — igneous, sedimentary ...
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What are the three types of rocks?
This used to be sand and other sediment - that's why it is called sandstone - which is a type of sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed when pieces of rock are eroded, or worn away ...
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Arctic fool's gold could spike Canadian carbon emissions, study finds
The research, published this week in the journal Science Advances, examined how the erosion of sulphide minerals in ...
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Russia's RosGeo to expand hydrocarbon and solid minerals exploration in Equatorial Guinea
MOSCOW. Oct 7 (Interfax) - RosGeo, the Russian geological holding company, is ready to carry out full-scale geological exploration work in the transit zone of Equatorial Guinea's continental shelf, as ...