And thanks to the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy, an area once deemed “absolutely worthless” has become one of the Valley’s ...

As it cools it becomes a very hard type of igneous rock. This one first formed over 350 million years ago. Then, millions of years after that, during the last ice age - when the land was covered ...

X” really does mark a spot in Sybille Canyon along Wyoming Highway 34, but it doesn’t mark the site of buried treasure. It’s ...

Igneous rock is formed by the cooling of molten rock, either at the surface (lava), or underground (as granite or other similar rocks). The heat of molten rock usually incinerates organisms rather ...

It features scenes of farmers tilling soil, majestic mountain roads, sedimentary rock formations, and granite and marble quarries. The film also highlights natural phenomena such as volcanic ...

It depends on what the rocks are made of – and that’s related to how they were formed. There are three main rock types: ...

This is a beginner's guide to identifying UK rock types. The guide has two main sections: background information on the structure and forces affecting the Earth in relation to rock formation a more ...