Crystals? Stones? Gems? Rocks? What’s the difference? If you’ve ever wandered into a crystal shop or been intrigued by the magical properties of stones, you’ve probably found yourself asking ...

As well as a range of artefacts including pottery, stone implements and cremated bones, they uncovered rock crystal which had been knapped like the flint at the site, but unlike the flint, it had not ...

Many minerals form beautiful crystals, but the most prized of all are gemstones. Uncut gems often look fairly ordinary–like rocks. It's only when they are cut and polished that they obtain the ...

The crystal fever has also spread to China, where young consumers are turning to gemstones as a source of ... become a hub for producing and selling rock crystals, with nearly a quarter of its ...

Wild Earth Rocks is where crystals sparkle, people find gifts and young geologists dream. 11-year-old Paul Stevens became intrigued by rocks when he was around 6, looking for them in his yard ...

When linkurl:Johan Olsen;http://research.ku.dk/outreach/research_stories/rock/ walks through the Copenhagen University cafeteria, undergraduates' eyes light up in ...

“Finding a field of stones made of pure sulfur is like ... the rover had crushed a similar-looking rock and revealed sulfur crystals. Curiosity is a rolling laboratory with drilling capabilities ...