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Crystal Cave of Giants, Mexico
The Roots of Green Gems: Scientists Chemically Pinpoint Emerald Origins - 27/01/00
Scientists break emerald myths - 28/01/00
Seafloor 'chimney' recovered - 10/05/00
World's deepest rocks recovered - 22/05/00
Scientists witness birth of new island - 24/05/00
Rock City: Capitalizing on collection of strange, big stones - 22/05/00
Giant crystal cave discovered - 12/06/00
Rocks reveal ancient tides - 05/10/00
Continental shifts 'will push Britain into Arctic' - 12/10/00
Ancient crystal questions Earth's history - 11/01/01
Scientists identify oldest known solid on Earth - 11/01/01
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Museum's rock collection was highly radioactive - 17/02/01
Ancient sea floor slab said to be a big geologic find - 11/05/01 The discovery of the so-called Dongwanzi ophiolite pushes back by 500 million years the known beginning of plate tectonics
Giant lava lake found - 22/05/01
Fossilised rain drops found in India - 15/12/01
Massive jade deposit unearthed in Guatemala - 23/05/02
Earth's diamond days are over - 09/09/02
Carbon burial experiment works - 10/09/02 UK geologists say efforts to store carbon dioxide under the North Sea so it cannot contribute to global warming have been a success
World's 'oldest' volcanic rocks - 05/12/02 almost four billion years old, in northern Quebec
Is the Earth preparing to flip? - 27/03/03 the wanderings of the magnetic north pole
Everest rock map published - 23/05/03
The millimetre men - 04/06/03 Britain is drifting to the North East at 2-3cm per year
Earth's core simpler than thought - 28/01/04
Early life thrived in lava flows - 22/04/04
Geological time gets a new period - 17/05/04 The Ediacaran Period covers some 50 million years of ancient time on our planet from 600 million years ago to about 542 million years ago
North Pole 'was once subtropical' - 07/09/04
UK map 're-drawn' by geologists - 19/05/05
Earth's core runs ahead of crust - 26/08/05
Geologists witness 'ocean birth' - 08/12/05
Fossil gives clue to big chill - 21/04/06
Scientists probe 'hole in Earth' - 01/03/07
UK impact crater debate heats up - 30/03/07
Giant crystals enjoyed perfection - 05/04/07 With lengths over 11m, the giant gypsum crystals found in Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales are a great natural wonder
Megaflood 'made Island Britain' - 18/07/07
Geology Pictures of the Week, Jan. 28 - Feb. 2, 2008: Waterfalls and Rockfalls
Lava left its mark on Grand Canyon - 15/02/08
Natural 'Invisible' Gold Found In Nanoparticles - 24/06/08
Geological mapping gets joined up - 31/07/08
Did iron cyclones give Earth a wonky core? - 11/08/08
Study: Earth's magnetic field is changing - 18/08/08
Oldest rocks on Earth found in northern Canada - 25/09/08
Drillers break into magma chamber - 17/12/08
Ocean monster shows hidden depths - 28/05/09
Early rocks to reveal their ages - 07/06/09
New study closes in on geologic history of Earth's deep interior - 15/06/09
End of an era: New ruling decides the boundaries of Earth's history - 22/09/09 the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), has formally agreed to move the boundary dates for the prehistoric Quaternary age by 800,000 years
Atomic Particles Help Solve Planetary Puzzle - 10/11/09 UALR
Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all - 25/11/09
Mediterranean Sea filled in less than two years: study - 09/12/09
Europe's Goce satellite probes Earth's gravity - 24/12/09
A rare glimpse of the cave of crystals - 19/01/10
Nepal and China agree on Mount Everest's height - 08/04/10
African rocks record ancient magnetic field - 04/05/10
Breakthrough Achieved in Explaining Why Tectonic Plates Move the Way They Do - 15/07/10