Pumice forms during explosive volcanic eruptions. When magma rich in gases is violently ejected, it cools and solidifies ...

Miles of hiking trails loop through the dramatic boulders of Texas Canyon Nature Preserve at the Amerind Museum in Dragoon, ...

Localized heating due to KREEP elements might melt rocks in the Moon’s mantle, leading to small amounts of magma erupting to the surface, the researchers suggest. In a related Perspective, Yuri Amelin ...

Granite is made of coarse-grained (5mm or so) interlocking crystals. It has more light coloured crystals than dark, usually of white or pink feldspar, glassy quartz, and shiny mica. Igneous rocks are ...

Tonalite, as well as granite, are granitoids, which are members of a plutonic ... OK, so plutonic rocks, also called intrusive rocks, are formed from molten magma that has cooled deep in the ground, ...

Emergency services were alerted after the 17-year-old boy disappeared in waters off Granite Island at Victor Harbor, 83km south of Adelaide, about 3.15pm on Sunday. A wide scale search continues ...

A search will resume this morning for a 16-year-old Adelaide boy who has gone missing after he was swept out to sea in a Father’s Day tragedy off Granite Island. A major search and rescue ...

IN recent years the attention of petrologists has been directed towards understanding the behaviour of basaltic magma in the light of experimental data. While observational and experimental ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from SA News. Followed categories will be added to My News. On Tuesday morning, around 9.30am, the Habibi family and their friends returned to the southern side of ...

It'll be easier to get magma fish now as hot fishing bait will attract their attention: "Magma fish are back on the menu boys," someone else helpfully points out. There's also better drop rates ...

In short, whatever the kitchen countertop is made of has become an investment. Natural stones – think marble, granite and soapstone – and tiles as well as laminates, and butcher blocks are some of the ...