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Geology in the News

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Gunnison Copper’s Johnson Camp mine in the boulder-strewn desert east of Tucson, AZ was recently restarted and has begun producing copper. Photo by Mark Lipczynski for The Wall Street Journal.

A large diamond that is half pink and half colorless found in Botswana...

12/20/2026: Mysterious Structure Identified Beneath Bermuda Could Explain Its Weird Geology

12/6/2025: Wyoming Mountain Collapses Into Itself, Leaving Giant Crater West of Casper

12/2/2025: Can Arizona Miners Unleash an American Copper Boom?

12/1/2025: Scientists drill 0.6 miles deep and find rocks that act as natural power plants

11/29/2025: Miners discover a 37.4 carat diamond that is half pink and half colorless

11/24/2025: This volcano just erupted for the 1st time in 10,000 years

11/19/2025: Yellowstone plume drives drainage reorganization in the early Miocene