The two NASA astronauts stuck in space after Boeing’s Starliner experienced issues earlier this year have been hit with a new ...

Subsequent laboratory analysis revealed it to be a distinct gemstone, later named after its discoverer. Once known as Bixbite, Red Beryl retains its status as one of the rarest gemstones in the world.

There's a mineral so rare that only one specimen of it has ever been found in the entire world. It's called kyawthuite ( cha-too-ite ), a tiny, tawny-hued grain weighing just a third of a gram (1.61 ...

Whether or not a gemstone is valuable doesn’t just depend on its rarity. For instance, the rarest gemstones found in one place on Earth, like fingerite and roselite, aren’t widely desired, lowering ...

China is seizing control of critical minerals including rare earth that go into the making of electric vehicles (EVs), its batteries and a range of electronic products for civilian and military ...

Mineral sands miner Iluka said on Tuesday that it was continuing discussions with the Australian government regarding funding arrangements for its rare earths refinery in Western Australia. In its ...

A crackdown on illegal rare earth mining in Malaysia, culminating in the arrest of dozens of suspects, has exposed the challenges of managing the country’s vast valuable mineral deposits that ...

Remember the Ed Stone, that large stone tablet that was met with incredulity and ridicule when it was unveiled by Ed Miliband ...

An ash landfill in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Recent research by The University of Texas at Austin tallied up the potential rare earth elements that could be extracted from coal ash around the ...

Melanie Hamrick and Mick Jagger welcomed their son Deveraux on Dec. 8, 2016. The proud mom shared rare snaps with Devi and ...