Minerals are geologic time capsules of the environments in which they form. With the right approach, their mysteries can be cracked open to reveal key features of the ancient Earth or other planets.

As global mining expands to meet growing material demand, the world faces an urgent question: where will the next generation of resources come from? A new study led by Dr. Guochang Xu and Prof.

Quartz, diamond, calcite, and pyrite are a few of the most famous mineral “species,” according to traditional systems of classification. Yet, two papers published in American Mineralogist have ...