The world's rarest gemstone is made of kyawthuite, a transparent reddish-orange mineral that’s known from just one sample ...

In a landmark body of work, researchers detail the origins and diversity of every known mineral on Earth and beyond.

The human handprint on the natural world has become evident in all too many ways in recent decades. The changing climate, the decline of wildlife and the loss of forests and other natural ...

In 2015, the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) officially recognized kyawthuite as a new mineral, placing it on a unique pedestal within the mineral world, according to Jagran.

The discovery, made in 2009, was officially approved this week by the International Mineralogical Association.

The International Mineralogical Association recognizes 6,000 minerals, and many of them, such as garnet, are abundant. But the rarest mineral found on earth is kyawthuite. Only one crystal of this ...

To date, more than 4700 species of minerals have been recognized, with at least 100 proposals for new minerals and their names submitted each year to the International Mineralogical Association ...

Davemaoite was named in honor of Ho-kwang (Dave) Mao – a prominent experimental high-pressure geophysicist – and confirmed as a new mineral by the International Mineralogical Association.

Rubinite was officially approved in March 2017 by the International Mineralogical Association.

The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) has officially recognised a new mineral – ehrigite – named after BHP superintendent for geometallurgy, Dr Kathy Ehrig, honouring her decades ...

Named for the region in Tanzania where it comes from, the International Mineralogical Association has declared merelaniite Mineral of the Year for 2016.