History
Posts about the history of crystals, minerals, gems, meteorites, and geology in general
Simply Brilliant – An Exceptional Collection of Fine Jewelry with Outstanding Stones and Crystals
The Cincinnati Art Museum has a new exhibit running through February 6th titled “Simply Brilliant: Artist-Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s”. This…
An Ancient Malachite Art Object
Artisans have used malachite as material for creating art since ancient times. Today we have an exceptional example of chinese art incorporating…
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…
Electrifying Petrified Wood Discovery on the Island of Lesbos, Greece
The Greek island of Lesbos is notable for it’s Petrifed Wood forest, a protected national monument. The forest is located on the…
Short Crystal: Quartz and the Fossilized Bird
A recent study in Frontiers in Earth Science reveals that researchers discovered quartz crystals in the stomach of a bird that lived…
Welcome Stranger Gold Nugget Anniversary
This week marks the 152nd anniversary of the discovery of Welcome Stranger, the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found. Discovered 1869 in…
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,…