Geology in the News

Links provided by Rod Nenner; Harold Tuchfeld, MSDC member; and Ken Rock, MSDC Editor

A photo of the famous landmark Balanced Rock against a partly cloudy sky near Buhl, Idaho. Photo: gjohnstonphoto/ iStock.

Click on the title, the photo, or the "Read More" button to see links to some geology in the News articles selected for their potential interest to our readers. If you happen to see an article you'd like to share with others, please send the link to Ken Rock MSDC Editor.

BoiseDev.com, 12/20/2023: Created 15 million years ago, Inside Idaho’s Balanced Rock

Tucson Convention Center: The Tucson Gem and Mineral Society proudly presents the 69th Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® February 8–11, 2024. “Pegmatites – Crystals Big and Beautiful!”

BBC, 12/13/2023: Perseverance: Nasa's Mars rover celebrates 1,000 days of science

Wall Street Journal, 10/13/2023: NASA’s Journey to a Metal-Rich Asteroid Blasts Off; Mission to Psyche will give insights into possible mining on distant worlds, origin of Earth’s core

LiveScience, 10/10/2023: Zealandia, Earth's hidden continent, was torn from supercontinent Gondwana in flood of fire 100 million years ago