Egypt
Posts relating to Egypt
March 11, 2022
Roman Era Emerald Mine in the Egyptian Desert
Fifteen miles or so from the Egyptian coastline of the sparkling Red Sea stand a series of crumbling structures. Standing upon an…
March 21, 2021
Beautiful Bejeweled Amethyst’s History as an Art Medium
The February birthstone is amethyst. A form of non-fluorescing hard stone quartz whose typically purple shading comes from irradiation of iron or…
January 26, 2021
This Week’s Mineral Spotlight: Gorgeous Green Malachite
If the mineral is green and gorgeous there is a good chance it’s malachite. Like its copper cousins Turquoise, Azurite, and Chrysocolla,…