Nantahala River Gem Mine

08/19/2022

Spectacular Emerald Find!

The massive emerald, which weighs 794 pounds was unearthed a month ago, 200 metres deep inside the Carnaiba Mine in Brazil

04/18/2022

Learning mineral identification is like learning to cook. You begin by following step-by-step procedures and looking up a lot of things. Hardness Luster Color Streak Crystal Form and Mineral Habit Cleavage and Fracture Magnetism

03/30/2022

Crystals form the building blocks of much of our world. Studying them closely lets us understand the structure of biomolecules of things like our bones and muscles

12/25/2021

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

01/18/2021

A careful inspection of super-deep diamonds has revealed what geologists have long suspected: Hiding somewhere in our planet's interior, there exists a vast reservoir of primordial magma, undisturbed for more than 4 billion years.

12/27/2020

The Gachalá Emerald, one of the largest and valuable gem emeralds in the world, at 858 carats uncut.

12/27/2020

The chemical composition of various gemstones, The chemical properties of minerals mainly reflect the chemical properties of the atoms present in each.

04/13/2019

The largest precious gemstone ever found, yet unfaceted, is the Bahia Emerald weighing approximately 840lbs (381kg) (containing more than 180,000 carats) originated from Bahia

03/18/2019

Dig in to the world of incredibly expensive jewels with our rundown of ten of the world's rarest and most valuable gemstones. It takes millions of years for crystals to form in nature, and only a fraction of those will ever be found, mined, cut and sold as gemstones. The value of gemstones depends o...