Petrology is the study of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and the processes that form and transform them. Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical ...

Federal MP and mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost his latest legal battle against Chinese giant CITIC Pacific for control of a key Pilbara iron ore port. The Federal Court has today issued two ...

The West Australian Supreme Court has ordered a company owned by federal MP and businessman Clive Palmer not to make further amendments to a long-running legal case without the court's permission. Mr ...

CLIVE Palmer’s Mineralogy has moved to terminate CITIC Pacific’s rights to mine his iron ore in Western Australia, casting doubt over an $8 billion project. The federal MP’s private company says it ...

Astrobiologists hope that the detection of certain minerals on exoplanets by ever-more-sensitive space telescopes could indicate biochemical processes associated with life Like life, rocks on Earth ...

Andrew McDonald, a professor at Laurentian University’s Harquail School of Earth Sciences, has been recognized by the Canadian mineralogy community once again. This time, it is for his contributions ...

Initial mineralogy completed on select samples from drill holes CF21-001 and 002 (CV5 Pegmatite), 004 (CV6 Pegmatite), and 014 (CV12 Pegmatite), indicate: Spodumene is the dominant lithium-bearing ...

New research predicts that Earth has more than 1,500 undiscovered minerals and that the exact mineral diversity of our planet is unique and could not be duplicated anywhere in the cosmos. New research ...

CLIVE Palmer’s flagship company has lost a court bid to delay paying a debt of more than $22 million owed to a Singapore-based exploration company. Last month a judge ordered Mineralogy to pay US$17.6 ...

If you’ve stumbled across Introduction to Mineralogy—or its Japanese title, Ruri no Hōseki (a.k.a. Ruri Rocks or Ruri’s Jewels)—you might be wondering: is this anime about sparkling gems, quirky high ...