The 45th annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium took place in Socorro earlier this month, Nov. 7-9. The New Mexico Bureau of ...

The new exhibit was inspired by a challenge the curators took up for the 175th anniversary of the historical society, when ...

Mineral, gem and rock fans of all ages flocked to the Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society’s annual Rockin’ Holiday Sale at the ...

You don’t have to fight the crowds at the gem show tents to see specimens of gold, azurite, pink morganite, beryl, tourmaline, fluorapatite, babingtonite, wulfenite, bornite and exceedingly rare ...

A Joplin native’s lifelong collection of minerals and rocks has been donated to the Joplin History & Mineral Museum, expanding the pieces that can be displayed and studied. Ava Gager Smith, a 1957 ...

Uganda’s reliance on foreign funding for project execution and development is not getting any better at a time when direct donor budget support is increasingly dwindling, Business Outlook can reveal. ...

Wisconsin moonstones are shimmering blue feldspars created 1.5 billion years ago by volcanic activity. The only place where Wisconsin moonstones are found is in a small niche of Marathon County.

The mineral enthusiast caused “reckless damage” when she went hunting for rocks to break open. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website ...

A mineral collector has been convicted of damaging a site in Dumfries and Galloway by using a hammer to break rocks to collect rare minerals to sell. In the first conviction of its kind in Scotland, ...

A warning has been issued over illegal mineral collection after a woman was convicted of using a hammer to break rocks to collect rare specimens to sell. At Paisley Sheriff Court earlier this year, ...

The Design Museum has unveiled ambitions for a major expansion of its permanent collection gallery in time for its 40th anniversary in 2029. The museum in Kensington, west London, has been awarded ...