. Sometimes called the " blue diamond", it was first discovered near the headwaters of the San Benito River, in San Benito County...

Typical rough Amber pieces from the Baltic Amber, that strange material that hardened from several species of tree resins from several hund...

Well......it is blue, and a very pretty blue at that. It is more durable and longer wearing than many of the other non-faceted gemstone or m...

Rhodochrosite (whose name means rose-colored) is a very attractive mineral with an absolutely one-of-a-kind, beautiful color. Although it c...

"Playing" with rocks is one way to describe a Lapidarist. The official definition is an artist or artisan who forms stone, mineral...

When one talks about gemstones and the color purple is mentioned, normally the conversation then tends towards the well known and very popul...

Keokuk Geodes have long been objects of curiosity, their sparkling interiors containing some of the most beautiful crystals to be found anyw...

Fossil Coral is a natural stone primarily found in Indonesian water that is formed when ancient Coral is gradually replaced with Agate. The ...

This highly unusual stone called Print Stone or Newsprint Jasper, comes from an area near Kununurra in North Western Australia. Actually it ...

Sea Glass, not a gemstone, not natural, but is one of the very few cases which a valuable item has been created from the actions of the envi...

Black corals (Antipatharia) are a group of deep water, tree-like corals related to sea anemones. Although the most famous are found near Haw...

If these three gemstones were placed in front of you, could you pick them out immediately? I hope so by the time you finish reading this Blo...

YES, there is a stone known as the "Green Turtle Stone" It was not made up by some kids to cause a sensation. In 1972, Chlorastrol...