A calcite formation hidden in a southern Nevada cave has turned out to be one of the longest and most detailed climate archives ever found on land, preserving a near-continuous record that stretches ...

Climate history recorded in a calcite deposit in a southern Nevada cave indicates that the hot, arid southwestern United ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A calcite formation named Snowy River could prove a gold mine for scientists. Snowy River, believed to be the largest continuous calcite formation in the world, was discovered in ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Climate history recorded in a calcite deposit in a southern Nevada cave indicates that the hot, arid southwestern United States experienced significant shifts in temperature and ...

From the Middle Bronze Age, Egypt played a crucial role in the appearance of calcite-alabaster artifacts in Israel, and the development of the local gypsum-alabaster industry. The absence of ancient ...

A routine adventure turned into a jaw-dropping discovery. Watch as a massive calcite crystal cluster emerges from bizarre cave formations that look almost extraterrestrial.

The rock formations in caves are chemistry fossils — that glow. These rocks are made of calcite, a form of calcium carbonate. Impurities trapped in calcite cause the mineral to fluoresce different ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A calcite formation named Snowy River could prove a gold mine for scientists. Snowy River, believed to be the largest continuous calcite formation in the world, was discovered in ...

Hidden deep under the snow and even deeper under the earth is an underground river source unknown that trickles out from fissures in a limestone wall and flows through the tunnels and broken rocks of ...

A new study allows for the first time the distinction between calcite-alabaster originating in Israel from that originating in Egypt. Furthermore, it confirms that calcite-alabaster objects, such as ...