I’ve been thinking about granite a lot recently; primarily because we have been covering plate tectonics in my AP Environmental Science class. Granite figures prominently in this discussion because ...

Researchers have discovered that the minerals comprising granite crystallize from a molten state at a temperature far lower than previously thought. The new finding challenges geologists' long-held ...

Granite countertops, durable, high-fashion and low-maintenance, are stars in kitchen and bathroom remodels nationwide. And you don’t need to buy the most expensive granite to get stunning results in ...

Yosemite National Park this week saw an awesome display of Mother Nature’s power as massive granite slabs the size of office towers crashed down, killing one person and leaving witnesses stunned. Park ...

Using microwave instruments to peer deep beneath the surface of the far side of the Moon, researchers have detected a ‘hotspot’ they say is a large subsurface granite mass, suggesting the Moon is more ...

The Wright Ranch is a high-fenced, 316-acre piece of land located on Ranch Road 965 next to the popular Enchanted Rock State ...

On the road down to Monterey along Highway 1 off to the right are the windswept mounds of a vast stretch of sand dunes, a starkly beautiful no man's land that could just as well be somewhere along the ...

At the end of September 2020 Olga Belotserkovskaya, Valera Alekseev, Zhora Berezikov, Pavel Gryaznov, Camille London and I made a trip to a place called Bektau-Ata in Central Kazakhstan. It's a ...

I’ve been thinking about granite a lot recently; primarily because we have been covering plate tectonics in my AP Environmental Science class. Granite figures prominently in this discussion because ...