Acidification provides the thrust

Diamond-bearing kimberlites are volcanic rocks that originate deep in the Earth and are erupted onto the surface. LMU researchers have now shown that other rock types incorporated into the magma as it rises through overlying formations provide the necessary buoyancy for its long ascent.

Nokia Publishes Policy on Conflict Minerals

"Conflict minerals," those mined to support groups conducting armed conflict or engaging in human rights abuses, have been an issue since long before we first wrote about it in July of 2010. The mineral equivalent of blood diamonds, they include tantalum, tungsten, tin and gold, all of which are used to manufacture our electronics. Nokia, the world's largest manufacturers of mobile phones, today ...

First-round quarterbacks have a way of getting teams to the Super Bowl

Is there a pattern to any of this? A formula? A key? A clue? There must be historical guideposts that indicate or at least suggest why teams reached a Super Bowl. How they did it. Right?

Discovery could help miners hone search for diamonds: Researchers

A Canadian-led team has uncovered a volcanic process that carries diamonds to the Earth's surface like "clients" in a taxi.

World's 'Largest Emerald' worth $1.2 million (but it may not be an emerald after all)

The world's largest cut emerald - valued at $1.15million -is going up for auction but doubts are rising over whether or not the stone is 100 per cent emerald.