It takes lithium and cobalt to build the batteries that power electric vehicles and e-bikes, nickel and rare earth elements ...

The Science Education Center houses thousands of rock and mineral samples in what is known as "The Rock & Mineral Room." The entire collection can be viewed by clicking on each of the virtual drawers ...

Even if the bone or shell dissolves, the mineral deposits in the shape of the body structure remain. Besides rock, fossils may be found as the result of an organism being entombed in ice ...