Dolomite has been notoriously impossible to replicate in a lab because of recurring defects in mineral layers—but not anymore ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Yet scientists have failed to grow significant amounts of ...

For 200 years, scientists have failed to grow a common mineral in the laboratory under the conditions believed to have formed it naturally. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan ...