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Gems and Jewels

Or you could always get your wife a dead chicken.

Happy 48th Anniversary, Here's A Microscope!

How tradition, jewel lobbies, and fed-up librarians joined forces to tell us what to buy our spouses.

Cara Giaimo June 14, 2016

gems and jewels

Can Science Ever Make A Real Diamond?

The battle to define what constitutes the world's most famous gemstone.

Alina Simone June 14, 2016

Deep blue chalcanthite from Poland

Langsdon Mineral Collection

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

For Sale: The Second Largest Diamond Ever Found

It's going to sell for a lot of money.

Eric Grundhauser May 4, 2016

It's all about presentation

Museo Geominero

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

gems and jewels

Why the Man Who Popularized Birthstones in America Came to Loathe His Creation

Kat Long January 26, 2016

Mines Museum of Earth Science

Golden, Colorado

Mines Museum of Earth Science

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

The Spoonmaker's Diamond on display at Topkapi Serayi Museum

Istanbul, Turkey

The Spoonmaker's Diamond

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

Red Beach at Mjelle

Red Beach at Mjelle

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.