Moonstones in Montana, amethyst and emeralds in North Carolina, garnet and quartz in upstate New York. At pay-to-dig mines around the United States, visitors can paw through piles of mine tailings to ...

Did you know that in Jessieville, Arkansas, just outside of Hot Springs, you can dig for crystals? Join John Wroten of Ron Coleman Mining for a tour of the location to find out how crystals are ...

Martina Gutfreund knew it could be hard to make a living mining crystals. Still, she was shocked to discover, on a recent trip to Namibia’s mineral-rich Erongo region, that her purchase of 250 pounds ...

A common fern in China (Blechnum orientale) is performing an act of geological alchemy. It is quietly building microscopic ...

The growth of crystals inside liquid metal is not a new idea. However, because people could not see inside the liquid metal, ...

We all have that one person in our lives whose home is dotted with crystals — for me, it's my editor Hugh. But while he confesses to having a secret crystal collection, he also admits he just uses ...