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RESEARCHERS COLLECTING ROCK samples in Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region have stumbled across a mineral previously believed to exist only on the Moon.. The team from the University of Western ...

A sample of dolerite from the Pilbara region of Western Australia containing tranquillityite. Birger Rasmussen Dating rocks. Tranquillityite contains trace amounts of uranium and so attempts were ...

Tranquillityite, the last of three minerals brought back by the Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969 that were thought to be unique to the Moon has been discovered in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

An extremely rare mineral that only forms when rocks from space slam into the earth's crust with immense pressure has been found in Western Australia, the sixth discovery in the world so far.

Javelin Minerals has decided to sell its Bonaparte copper-silver-lead-zinc project as part of a strategic move to focus on its core gold exploration projects in Western Australia's Eastern ...

The new mineral occurs as tiny crystals, no more than 0.5 mm in diameter and is found on a volcanic rock. It appears as dark pink spots on dark green and white rock which, under the microscope ...

Measuring 6.5 feet (2 meters) across, the kangaroo painting—made from red ochre—is located on the wall of a rock shelter in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.