In the far, northwestern corner of Oklahoma's Panhandle, you can find Black Mesa State Park and Black Mesa Nature Preserve.

Sapphire: A Palette of Colors While many associate sapphires with the color blue, these gems actually come in a rainbow of ...

The color should be evenly distributed throughout the gem, and the gem should be fully transparent. Generally speaking, the ...

Once a 1902 stock exchange, The Mining Exchange now offers an amenity rooted in the region’s mineral-rich past—and yes, you ...

Cat Morales, whose artist’s name is Cat Machine Gems, came to my attention at Friday’s opening of the XICANA! San Diego exhibit at the California Centers for the Arts, Escondido. As I was chatting ...

As she launches her first pearl jewelry, the Swiss designer talks about her instinct for color, growing up around art and why she’s holding onto European craftsmanship.

From cocktail bars in downtown Phoenix to saloons in Scottsdale, when it comes to the best nightlife in metro Phoenix, these ...

Visitors found a 3.36-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. Scott and Jennifer Freitas of New Port Richey, FL, made the lucky find on July 1. It’s the second-largest diamond ...

Adjacent amethyst and citrine colors in the same crystal of quartz have been reported from South America, although there appears to be uncertainty as to the exact locality of origin. Such material has ...

In the shadow of Chicago’s skyscrapers and beyond the cornfields that stretch across much of Illinois lies a treasure so unexpected and dazzling that it feels like stumbling upon a secret society’s ...

The Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art in Oak Brook, Illinois, is exactly that kind of hidden treasure. If you’re wondering what ...

Having first heard about the park on the Bobby Bones Show, the Freitas planned a several-week road trip through Alabama and ...