Deep beneath Earth's surface and scattered across remote corners of our planet lie treasures so extraordinary that their very ...

Trading gems, minerals, fossils and meteorites can be fraught with controversy and ethical ambiguity. But is the answer to stop buying?

There are about 6,000 different types of minerals, but only a couple hundred are gemstones. Learn more about these special minerals and how someone like you can find your own gemstone. Science Trek is ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC / ACCESS Newswire / March 19, 2026 / Deep Sea Rare Minerals, Inc. ("DSRM" or the "Company") today announced completion of a pre-front-end engineering and design ("pre-FEED") study, ...

Why weren’t the geologists hungry? Because they’d lost their apatite. Haha! Now you have the perfect ice-breaker for the least jaded event of the season: The Contra Costa Mineral & Gem Society’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The free event at Kino Sports Complex features more than 200 vendors selling gems, minerals, fossils and jewelry from around the ...

CARTHAGE — A Carthage man may have unearthed one of the rarest gemstones in the world — not in a mine, but in his own front yard. Robert Lewis Jr. says that in 2016, he found an unusual black rock ...

Wisconsin moonstones are shimmering blue feldspars created 1.5 billion years ago by volcanic activity. The only place where Wisconsin moonstones are found is in a small niche of Marathon County.

Deondre Smith Jr., 9, and his brother Devonne, 7, searched for their favorite rock Friday among thousands for sale at the opening day of the Roxy Ann Gem & Mineral Show in southern Oregon’s Central ...

When it comes to the world of high jewelry—or haute joaillerie as it’s known—the most rarefied strata of jewelry rise to the top. Similar qualifiers describe fancy green diamonds: incredibly rare, ...

The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earth minerals. China increased its restrictions on its rare earth exports Thursday, leading US President Donald Trump to threaten economic ...