If a tornado strikes New England, Chris Fiske is confident his house isn't going anywhere. It's anchored with 8 tons of crystals and rocks from all over the world. Fiske makes the joke signaling to ...

The metaphysical shop Dublin Rocks & Minerals came out of owner Abdul Qadir's experience in the mountains of Afghanistan. Qadir, 38, currently of Dublin and a native of Afghanistan, is a former combat ...

If you said Jim Bey has rocks in his head, he probably would take it as a compliment. Bey’s Rock Shop in Colebrookdale Township features more than 8,000 square feet of rocks, minerals, crystals, ...

As its name suggests, you can find all kinds of rocks at The Rock Shop, but the new store in Homewood offers so much more. There are, of course, the rocks. “We have rocks that range from $1 to $3,000, ...

A.K. Miles of Salem spent summers as a little girl traveling the Pacific Northwest with her grandparents, collecting rocks and helping her great-grandfather cut and polish them in his lapidary shop.

Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of rare “rock crystal” quartz fragments in a ceremonial site in western England. This ...

If you draw with a pencil, you can tell how soft the graphite inside is. Pieces of graphite break off to leave the pencil mark. But can you imagine drawing with a diamond? Diamonds and graphite are ...

Florida isn't typically known for cool gems/minerals, but the Sunshine State definitely has its fair share of impressive ...

NORTH ADAMS — Enter Larry Michon's accounting office and it immediately becomes clear what he does on the weekends. Crystal clear. Garnets, amethyst, fluorite and quartz are a few of the minerals that ...

A little knowledge of rocks and minerals will help you identify everything from jewelry to fossils. While reading this article may not turn you into a geologist, it should give you the basic ...

Call it the Grotto of Black Hills Geology. The historical rock grotto that sits beside a closed Catholic church in Oelrichs is actually a shrine to St. Therese of the Little Flower, but the structure ...

Ancient rocks tell us plenty about the history of the Earth, but they also may harbour hints of billion-year-old cosmic encounters with mysterious dark matter. Dark matter makes up 85 per cent of ...