The William & Mary Department of Geology has acquired a world-class mineral collection that geologists say will be a valuable resource in the department for many years. Professor Brent Owens of the ...
The Missouri S&T Mineral Museum is showcasing its collection in a new light with updated and brighter displays.
A new LEGO Ideas set is coming to life as fans can leave that dirt behind and pick up some bricks with the LEGO Ideas Mineral Collection. The set features 880 pieces and is designed for adult ...
Collecting rocks and minerals has a long history. Collections were sometimes an obsession, sometimes an investment, a tool to teach geology, or just a leisure-time activity. The Italian collectors ...
The people at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History were nice enough to give a couple members of the Chemistry in Pictures team a behind-the-scenes look at their mineral ...
Trading gems, minerals, fossils and meteorites can be fraught with controversy and ethical ambiguity. But is the answer to ...
The Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club is changing their meeting from March 15, 2026 to Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. at the Cliff Shaft Mining Museum, 501 W. Euclid St., in Ishpeming. The change ...
A.K. Miles of Salem spent summers as a little girl traveling the Pacific Northwest with her grandparents, collecting rocks and helping her great-grandfather cut and polish them in his lapidary shop.
Cleveland isn’t the only city with a Rock Hall of Fame. In Albany, the New York State Museum is home to the world’s largest mineralogy collection, which is only part of a mind-boggling, scientific ...
For 60 years the Michiana Gem & Mineral show has been enchanting visitors with treasures from around the world. WSBT22s Lynnette Grant visited the St Joseph County Fairgrounds, where the show is just ...
The Yakima Rock and Mineral club will hold its annual show Friday through SundayApril 22-24, 2022, in the Modern Living Building at State Fair Park. This year’s event is the 59th Parade of Gems and ...