Editorials
January 2023   -   Could Meteorites have brought water to Earth?
 
March 2022   -   Metal ore deposits - Where does the copper go?
May 2022   -   DNA and RNA building blocks found in carbonaceous meteorites.
June 2022   -   Beyond Earth: What samples of rocks and dust tell us about the Ryugu asteroid.
July 2022   -   Earth's magnetism and the Cambrian explosion.
October 2022   -   How Rare Earth minerals form.
November 2022   -   Outer-space Alternative to Today's High-Performance Magnets.
 
January 2021   -   Mars geology as seen through the lens of the Curiosity rover
March 2021   -   Jarosite on Mars
May 2021   -   Types of Oceanic basalts
July 2021   -   New type of 'invisible gold'. Discovery of gold in pyrite dislocations.
September 2021   -   This meteorite from the Sahara desert originated from a protoplanet. It is incredibly ancient.
November 2021   -   What happens to sinking tectonic plates?
 
January 2020   -   A new way to date old rocks
March 2020   -   The early Earth was fully underwater
June 2020   -   Where are the missing rocks?
November 2020   -   Crystals grown in a day
December 2021   -   Can copper kill viruses and bacteria?
 
June 2019   -   The secret life of pyrites
October 2019   -   Analyzing Earth's Mysterious Mantle
 
May 2018   -   Rise of Oxygen on Eart
August 2018   -   Low temperature crystallization of granites may give new perspectives to the geological history of Earth.
September 2018   -   Did a large meteorite strike create Earth's oldest rocks?
October 2018   -   Why pumice floats
November 2018   -   Why Mount St Helens is an outliers
December 2018   -   Greenland meteorite crater
 
August 2017   -   Canadian Sapphire
November 2017   -   The Hottest temperatures on Earth
 
January 2016   -   Where does Coal come from?
February 2016   -   The Origin of the Yellowstone Supervolcano.
March 2016   -   Microwaves make rubies redder
April 2016   -   Most diamonds share common origin
May 2016   -   Can Basalt save the World?
June 2016   -   Finding Helium
August 2016   -   How Old is Life on Earth?
October 2016   -   The Opals of Meteorite EET 83309
November 2016   -   Moon Rocks and the 'Big Whack'
 
January 2015   -   Slow Earthquakes.
February 2015   -   Finding Copper.
March 2015   -   A stiff new layer in the mantle - a corset for Mother Earth?
April 2015   -   A map of the US 'geological basement'
June 2015   -   Purifying Europium (a rare earth metal) with UV light
July 2015   -   Washington under water – the strange case of the sinking Capitol
August 2015   -   Our mineralogically diverse planet
November 2015   -   Diamonds are forever – and more abundant than you might have thought
December 2015   -   Life in Deep Ancient Rocks
 
January 2014   -   Soil production at high altitudes can be record-breaking.
February 2014   -   Sixty days to eruption.
March 2014   -   Water deep within the Earth?
April 2014   -   Satellite imagery can predict volcanic eruptions.
May 2014   -   A new technique to study the age of ancient Antarctic ice.
June 2014   -   Putnisite - a new mineral for your database.
July 2014   -   The secret life of inner amber.
August 2014   -   The role of live organisms in cave formations.
September 2014   -   Hadean Earth re-assessed.
October 2014   -   Asbestos may be closer to home than you think.
November 2014   -   Rock mass might have altered earthquake effect.
December 2014   -   Bridgmanite, the most abundant mineral in Earth
 
January 2013   -   Martian Meteorite - Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 stands alone
February 2013   -   Fragment of an ancient super-continent discovered under the Indian Ocean
March 2013   -   Navigation by crystal in medieval Iceland
April 2013   -   A one-of-a kind Meteorite
May 2013   -   Earth's iron core buckles under pressure.
June 2013   -   How stalagmites are helping us understand past climate changes in the western tropical pacific.
July 2013   -   Upsilite - an amorphous, anhydrous magnesium carbonate.
August 2013   -   Red Beryl/Red Emerald
September 2013   -   New evidence for a catastrophic meteorite strike during the Younger Dryas.
October 2013   -   The largest volcano on Earth.
November 2013   -   Spectral characteristics of Mars soils suggest presence of feldspar.
December 2013   -   The 'oldest diamonds' found in Jack Hills zircons may be no such thing.
 
January 2012   -   The world's largest cut emerald - or is it?
February 2012   -   Martian meteorites
March 2012   -   Canadian diamonds
April 2012   -   Copper deposits - and why they are getting hard to find
May 2012   -   Chocolates and diamonds
June 2012   -   The Spotted Lake
July 2012   -   Superhard graphite
August 2012   -   The age of the Tibetan Plateau
September 2012   -   Hydrated minerals on Asteroid Vesta
October 2012   -   A trigger for explosive volcanic eruptions
November 2012   -   Can atomic clocks be used to survey Earth’s interior?
December 2012   -   The level of sulphate in ancient sea water.
 
January 2011   -   An Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoir
February 2011   -   Rocks in the Canadian Arctic link Siberian Traps with Permian-Triassic extinction.
March 2011   -   The world's oldest water
April 2011   -   Quartz - the weakest link
May 2011   -   Pyrite nanoparticles from hydrothermal vents are a rich source of iron for microorganisms in the ocean deeps.
June 2011   -   What caused the end of 'Snowball Earth'?
July 2011   -   Olivine crystals in the envelope of a protostar.
August 2011   -   Do we owe our existence to meteorites?
September 2011   -   Where does gold come from?
October 2011   -   Boninite Lava discovered in the Lau Basin.
November 2011   -   Magnetic Moon Rocks
December 2011   -   The Hawaii hotspot
 
January 2010   -   The rare earths
February 2010   -   Melting diamonds
March 2010   -   Global freezing
April 2010   -   Volcanic activities on Venus
May 2010   -   Sulphur deposits in the Borup Fiord Pass - clues to extra-terrestial life?
June 2010   -   The volcanoes of the Cascade mountain range
July 2010   -   Lunar vulcanism and volcanic tunnels
August 2010   -   The El Soplao helictites
September 2010   -   Primordial terrestrial mantle reservoir found on the Baffin Island.
October 2010   -   Ancient Colorado River flowed in the opposite direction to its modern counterpart.
November 2010   -   The global survey of 'rare earths'
December 2010   -   Carbon exoplanets
 
January 2009   -   The mystery of Burgess Shale
February 2009   -   Are there Martians under Olympus Mons?
March 2009   -   Rocks that absorb CO2
April 2009   -   Hematites hold proof of early Oxygen on Earth
May 2009   -   The Alberta-Sask meteorite
June 2009   -   The sliding stones of Racetrack Playa
July 2009   -   Evidence of bacterial involvement in the formation of ancient Stromatolites
August 2009   -   Ancient komatiites yield clues to the presence of extraterrestrial platinum on Earth
September 2009   -   Where are the moon rocks?
October 2009   -   The Cullinan diamonds fact file
November 2009   -   Are the Alps growing or shrinking?
December 2009   -   Zircons
 
January 2008   -   Dating Sedimentary Rocks.
February 2008   -   Natural Stores of Carbon Dioxide.
March 2008   -   Carancas meteorite.
April 2008   -   The largest meteorite in British Isles uncovered.
May 2008   -   Earth's Formation.
June 2008   -   Using diamonds to find out about platinum.
July 2008   -   The volcanoes of Mercury
August 2008   -   Zircons hold the answers to early rock formation
September 2008   -   The Diamond as the eye to the centre of the Earth
October 2008   -   The Earth's oldest rocks
November 2008   -   Cave of Crystals
December 2008   -   Carbonates in the upper mantle conduct electricity
 
January 2007   -   Spaceship Earth.
February 2007   -   The curse of the Hope diamond.
March 2007   -   The Centenary in the making.
April 2007   -   Sauna - rocks do matter.
May 2007   -   Global worming - lessons from the Earth's history.
June 2007   -   The origin of Diamonds.
July 2007   -   Hot Rocks keep North America afloat.
August 2007   -   The Kamchatka Peninsula.
September 2007   -   The Earth's oldest diamonds.
October 2007   -   Pliny's account of the eruption of Vesuvius.
November 2007   -   Bonham's meteorite auction.
December 2007   -   Madagascar's Gems.
 
January 2006   -   Life in Martian rocks.
February 2006   -   Monitoring Volcanoes.
April 2006   -   Spectrometric analysis of Martian surface.
May 2006   -   Egyptian desert glass.
June 2006   -   Stromatolites.
July 2006   -   Egyptian desert glass.
August 2006   -   Strange spots on the southern ice cap of Mars.
September 2006   -   Rocks which tell of the Oxygen Catastrophe.
October 2006   -   A Glimpse into the mantle zone.
November 2006   -   Titan - Britain's largest cave.
December 2006   -   A gem from Tagish Lake in Canada.
 
January 2005   -   Hydrogeochemical changes before and after a major earthquake.
February 2005   -   Volcanoes - top air polluters?
March 2005   -   Permian Extinction.
April 2005   -   Meteora.
May 2005   -   Seven Sisters.
June 2005   -   Ruby Falls.
July 2005   -   Famous meteorites.
August 2005   -   CRISM - NASA's new high tech spectrometer is heading for Mars.
September 2005   -   One layer or two?
October 2005   -   The Tucson Show.
 
August 2004   -   Doping Diamonds.
September 2004   -   Diamond in the Sky.
October 2004   -   Mount St Helens.
November 2004   -   Fingerprinting Emeralds.
December 2004   -   Water cuts through rock at surprising speed.
 
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