The College of Science weekly video series, Mineral Monday, explores the many minerals, fossils and historical objects on display at the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum, as told ...

Learn how this rare hue shows up in the natural world with some of the Smithsonian’s bluest specimens Ellyn Lapointe This time of year, the color blue is everywhere from holiday lights and decorations ...

Are diamonds still a girl’s best friend? Not for Quincy native and 1972 Norwell High School graduate Gail Copus Spann, who prefers raw minerals dug out of the earth to cut and polished gemstones. With ...

The Franklin–Sterling Hill area of New Jersey is home to a prized mineral deposit that has fascinated geochemists and collectors for decades—not least because many of the minerals are vibrantly ...