Luxury jewelry has held special value throughout history, especially when crafted with natural gemstones. Among the multitudes of Earth's treasures, we find Moss Agate. Its mesmerizing green ...

Mineral deposits can create markings that look like forests or mountains, and experts say each stone is distinctive. By Jill Newman When Tarun Adlakha displays a dendritic agate, with its finely ...

I think I have always been enthralled with rocks, having the rock hammer my mother bought for me more than 60 years ago hanging on the "birdroom" wall of my backwater cabin. And, even though one would ...

Designers say local materials reduce their environmental impact and are aesthetically pleasing, too. By Rachel Garrahan Gray-white billows swirl across the surface of an agate ring in Sian Evans’s new ...