Amethyst's Popularity Amethyst is a popular crystal. When you look online for affordable yet beautiful gemstones, you are probably going to see it rank highly...

Amethyst is a popular gemstone; almost every crystal collector has one. It’s hard to ignore. A good amethyst is deep purple, so deep that you...

Martian Opals Mars. The Red Planet. It's one of Earth's close friends and has been the subject of numerous science fiction tales and has been...

There are dozens and dozens of stones. Many have easy to pronounce names, but some have very unusual names that may not be pronounced like...

Hubnerite | Information & Properties Hubnerite, or huebernite, is tungsten bearing mineral of the wolframite group. It is a brittle mineral with dull colors ranging...

New Minerals Were Discovered in a Meteorite There aren't many minerals that can say they came straight from a meteorite. Or can they? Recently, two minerals...

Misnomers - That Stone Isn't What it Says it Is Misnomers. The name incorrectly suggests what it is. Firefly, for example, is a misnomer, as a...

Nephrite Meaning & Uses Nephrite has been used throughout history as a material for tools and weapons. The Maori and the Chinese were the most...

Coprolite has little use for the average person. For paleontology, however, it is the main method of determining the diet of extinct creatures...

Tutankhamun's tomb is famous for having such a large amount of wealth. But one piece of jewelry has fascinated and stunned people for decades. Once...

What makes larvikite so appealing is its “schiller” effect. This is when the stone gives off a shimmer when tilted or viewed at an angle...

Fluorite, not flourite, is a positively stunning stone, isn't it? But for how popular it is, there are still things that many people don't know...

Historically, due to the wide variety of colors, tourmaline was often confused for other stones, not just emeralds. Despite its commonality, black tourmaline is a...

Organic Gemstones Whether something is organic or not has become a prominent matter of discussion in recent times. Even when it comes to gemstones, people...

Gemstone Inclusions - Beauty Beneath the Surface Gemstones come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, colors, and have their unique chemical properties and visual...