August 2014

Amazing Labradorite

Labradorite a feldspar mineral, is an intermediate to calcic member of the plagioclase series. It is usually defined as …

1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake (M=6.9), commonly referred to as the Kobe earthquake, Collapsed Hanshin Expresswaywas…

When the continents of Africa and Europe collided 24-1.5 million years ago the effects were far reaching causing changes…

By Mark Brown, Wired UK A team of geologists from Britain have pinpointed the exact quarry that Stonehenge’s innermos…

Image: Oregon Sate University Looks like this 100-million-year old spider didn’t get to enjoy its final meal. …

The world’s oldest known spider web has been discovered on a beach in Sussex, England, trapped inside an ancient chu…

Stunning Tanzanite Crystal . Photo : © Malte Sickinger Sensationelle Matrixstufe Tanzanite is the blue and violet var…

Drones for Geology Soon replaced aerial photography. Drones take three-dimensional images by stereoscopic techniques. Th…

Unseen Details of Seafloor Exposed in These Maps of the Atlantic Ocean Floor Maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor are revealing…

The Royal Peacock Opal Mine is a renowned opal mine located in Nevada, USA. It's situated in the Virgin Valley, which i…

Asthenosphere A semifluid layer of the earth, between about 40 to 80 miles (100-200 km) below the outer rigid lithospher…

Lake Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border, and just north east of the Ngorongoro C…

Mount Nyiragongo is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 20 km north of t…

The Devil's Golf Course The Devil's Golf Course is a large salt pan on the floor of Death Valley, located in the Moj…

Petroleum System Petroleum system is a conceptual framework used in the field of geology and petroleum exploration to unders…