Trapiche Sapphire
When people see a six-rayed pattern inside a sapphire, the first thing that usually comes to mind is a star sapphire. But the pattern...
Trapiche Emerald
Emerald is already one of the most recognizable gemstones in the world, but some emeralds look unlike anything most people expect to see. Inside...
Maxixe Beryl
At first glance, Maxixe beryl can easily be mistaken for an unusually dark aquamarine. Both belong to the beryl family, both share the same...
GEOLOGICAL WONDERS
Columnar Basalt Formations: How Hexagonal Columns Form and the Best Places...
Columnar basalt formations are one of those natural things that make even a geologist like me stop for a moment and think, “did nature...
The White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA
Nestled in the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico, White Sands National Monument is a breathtaking landscape of rolling white gypsum dunes that seem...
Waitomo Glowworm Caves, New Zealand: Geology, Formation and Glowworms
Beneath the green hills of New Zealand’s North Island, there is an extraordinary place where the ceiling of a cave looks like a night...
ListS
10 Places That Look Like Other Planets
Earth is generally referred to as the Blue Planet, but within its familiar landscapes there are places so alien that they can easily be...
10 Places Where Fossils Tell Ancient Stories
Fossils are more than ancient remains—they are windows into vanished worlds. Each fossil preserves a moment in time, capturing organisms that lived millions of...
10 Rock Landscapes That Look Like Art
Nature has been shaping the Earth's surface for billions of years. However, this shaping is not random, chaotic or unplanned. On the contrary; factors...
ORE MINERALS
Braches of Geology
Skarn deposits
Skarn deposits are a type of ore deposit formed by metasomatic replacement in carbonate rocks, typically limestone or dolomite. They are characterized by their...
Elements of The Hydrologic Cycle
PrecipitationPrecipitation is the release of water from the atmosphere to reach the surface
of the earth.The term ‘precipitation’ covers all forms of water
being released by...
Archaeocyathids
Archaeocyathids are an extinct group of marine organisms that lived during the early Cambrian period, approximately 541 to 485 million years ago. They are...
Geology Fundamentals
River and Stream
Rivers and streams are bodies of water that flow across the surface of the Earth, typically in a channel or bed. Rivers and streams...


































































































