Naomi Sarna has been working on a grapefruit-size sculpture of a Siamese fighting fish, coaxing it from a piece of blue ...

Pink ChalcedonyA pink chalcedony shows off its beauty. Chalcedonies include many types of cryptocrystalline quartz gems and feature a number of different colors. Geologists can tell a chalcedony ...

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Crystals can help support emotional healing during grief and loss. Rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, black onyx, ...

When we talk about crystals around here, we’re generally talking about the quartz variety used to make oscillators more stable, or perhaps ruby crystals used to make a laser. We hardly ever talk ...

The South African government says that stones found in a village last month are not diamonds but quartz. A cattle herder first uncovered the stones in KwaZulu-Natal province. It prompted thousands ...

Crystals like amethyst, citrine, rose quartz, smoky quartz, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and clear quartz have unique energies ...