Stones have shaped human landscapes through millennia, offering permanence and resilience in our fast-changing world.

The exceptionally thick, 205-mile-deep mantle transition zone beneath the Antilles ranks among the thickest ever observed around the world.

Large distributions of basalt rock compositions within the MTZ can cause subducting plates—ones that slide beneath others—to slow and/or stagnate within this zone, instead of descending ...

Each stone, with its unique shade and texture, holds a story ... These varieties include: Basalt, by contrast, is a dense volcanic rock formed by the rapid cooling of lava. Its resilience and ...