There is an extensive display of iron ore specimens, which includes magnetite, hematite and siderite, as well as dozens of nonferrous metals. In addition to specimens of coal, shale and petroleum ...

Smithson was one of the first researchers to systematically categorize calamine—or zinc as it was later called. In 1832, three years after Smithson’s death, French mineralogist François Sulpice ...

(KOIN) – An Oregon State University researcher found a new species of an ant-mimicking spider in a rare fossil from Colombia, the university announced Monday. The specimen, which appears to be a ...