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Expensive Rocks: Beyond Meteorites, Diamonds, Gold When thinking of valuable rocks, most people picture meteorites, diamonds, platinum, and gold. However, some of the rarest and most expensive rocks o … Read More

Fulgurite Lightning Sand: Formation and Prices Have you ever heard of fulgurite lightning sand? It might sound like something from a fantasy novel, but this extraordinary phenomenon is very real. Scie … Read More

The Lost City Hydrothermal Vent: Implications for Life Discovered in 2000 by scientists from the University of Washington, the Lost City Hydrothermal Vent is a remarkable deep-sea ecosystem located at … Read More

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift: A Young Science Plate tectonics and continental drift is a relatively young science. This story begins only 70 years ago. These sciences are relatively young, an … Read More