Bruce Dice’s mineral collection is a tribute to the artist who created the exquisite pieces. “When you see the beautiful things that God has created, you want to keep them in front of you and delight ...

Bruce Dice believes his mineral collection is a tribute to the artist that created the exquisite pieces: “When you see the beautiful things that God has created, you want to keep them in front of you ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Mineral Museum is reopen in Butte after renovations, and a recent donation is boosting the collection by 6,800 specimens. The museum was closed for five months so flooring could ...

The new display at Lepper Library features a collection of “Rocks & Minerals” being shared by Jason Leggett. His collecting began when he was 8 years old when his Great Aunt Ruth Bye piqued his ...

"100 Years of Arizona's Best: The Minerals That Made the State," the exhibition that opens Feb. 4 at the University of Arizona Mineral Museum, will showcase hundreds of gems and minerals. Some, such ...

SANTA CRUZ — Rock hounds, hobbyists, hunters — those seeking to boost their energy — and the geologically-inclined from across the state and beyond gathered at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Saturday for ...

The National Museum of Natural History will permanently display the Dom Pedro Aquamarine, which is the largest single piece of cut-gem aquamarine in the world, beginning Dec. 6. It joins an ...

David Dallmeyer shared his knowledge of minerals with students for 38 years as a professor of geology at the University of Georgia. And though he retired, he doesn't intend to stop his educational ...

MANSFIELD - Local Mansfield Memorial Museum curator Scott Schaut said it's amazing the way things come back to museums including a mineral collection with aragonite, gypsum and marble. Last Saturday, ...

Are diamonds still a girl’s best friend? Not for Quincy native and 1972 Norwell High School graduate Gail Copus Spann, who prefers raw minerals dug out of the earth to cut and polished gemstones. With ...