Long before they’re polished and set in gold, the world’s greatest gems sleep beneath mountains, rivers, and deserts. Their ...

At IFLScience, we often like to talk about the Mantelpiece Of Dreams, a line-up of rare geological trinkets we’d like to ...

Rare gemstones, prehistoric fossils, crystals, meteorites and more are returning to the NJ Gem Show in October. The family-friendly event at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave.

Diamonds and emeralds might dominate the limelight, but there exists a world of gemstones so rare and valuable that they are the stuff of legends. What exactly makes a gemstone rare and valuable? It's ...

The origins of vivid colors within the gemstone ammolite—a rare type of brightly colored fossilized ammonite shell—are ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History acquired one of the world's rarest gemstones.Natural red diamonds are some of the rarest gems on Earth, and the Winston Red Diamond is exceptional ...

Society’s love for exquisite, rare, and luminous pearls and gemstones has persisted since the beginning of civilization. Whether referencing diamonds, pearls, sapphires, or emeralds, humans have ...

Back in the day people were more relaxed about moving precious stones around the world. Consider, for example, the low-key arrangements for the famous Jonker diamond, which was shipped by ordinary ...

Kyawthuite, a unique mineral, was discovered in Myanmar's Chaung-Gyi Valley in 2010 and recognized in 2015. The single known specimen, a reddish-orange gem, is housed at the Natural History Museum of ...

A Tanzanian miner made another discovery of one of the rarest gemstones on Earth, possibly earning the small-scale miner millions of dollars — again. Saniniu Laizer, 52, recently discovered the rare, ...

The rare green gemstone, confirmed through mineral testing in Dallas to be andradite garnet or a 'demantoid.' (Elizabeth Pinkston/Panola Watchman) A Carthage man may have unearthed one of the rarest ...

Mariah Carey wore a pair of necklaces worth approximately $400,000. The jewelry featured gemstones from six different countries. Carey apparently considered the necklaces a "fresh take on luxury to ...