What do King Tutankhamun, Johannes Vermeer and Minecraft all have in common? If you guessed, Lapis Lazuli, you are a star! This brilliant blue stone which has captured the hearts of people for millennia is found in the eyebrows of Tutankhamun’s funeral mask, the ultramarine paint in Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and the…
Ever wish you could have seen a real, live dinosaur? Well you can! In fact, if you look out your window, you may catch a glimpse of one right now! We’re not just being cheeky––you’ll probably see several of them this very moment depending on where you live. But before you bolt in terror from…
Great Britain may lay claim to some of the oldest rockers around with the Rolling Stones, but did you know that Canada has the “Satisfaction” of being home to some of the oldest rocks on earth? In fact, the oldest known rocks in the world can be found in Northern Quebec along the eastern shore…
Is it the motherboard of a spaceship? A super metal from the future? Nope, but it is an incredible slice of the Muonionalusta Meteorite with its gorgeous, etched Widmanstatten pattern––a unique crystal shape that only occurs in space! The Muonionalusta Meteorite is among the oldest known meteorites on Earth having fallen an estimated 1 million…
