One of the most spectacular things about Central Washington is its geology. We’ve got everything from a sleeping volcano called Mount Adams, to basalt columns made of solidified lava, to Union Gap and ...

Some of the rocks tied in with Illinois' history: lead was mined in Northern Illinois until 1997 and gave birth to the city of Galena, while the purple mineral fluorite is the state mineral that is ...

GREENWICH — What’s the difference between a rock and a mineral? Learn that and more as the Bruce Museum hosts an “Introduction to Minerals” for its upcoming First Sunday Science event at the Innis ...