I’ve been thinking about granite a lot recently; primarily because we have been covering plate tectonics in my AP Environmental Science class. Granite figures prominently in this discussion because ...

While landscaping brings greenery to many people’s minds, rocks are an important part of landscaping, too. Perhaps more accurately a hardscaping element, the various types of landscaping rocks add a ...

Searching for stone for a hardscape project can be confusing. Stone comes in five categories, but these are loose labels and not everyone classifies rock in the same way. The categories describe how ...

There are three types of rock found on Earth. These are igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Each rock type is formed in a different way. For example, the rock malachite is mostly made of the ...

Anything on the inside or outside of a home that needs a surface can, technically, be done out of granite, say Brandon and Angel Miller. And with their 2-year-old business, Solid Rock Creations, based ...

We often talk about climate change, melting glaciers, or strange landforms. But we rarely think about something that’s always around us– rocks. They don’t make the news, but they’re everywhere. We ...

All the rocks in the world are mainly classified into three types: Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic. Igneous and sedimentary rocks are largely prevalent in the world. Here are few interesting ...