CRYSTAL PARK, Mont. — Molten granite formed the Pioneer Mountain Range in southwest Montana about 72-million years ago. As the granite cooled, water carried quartz and other minerals through the rocks ...

Armed with pickaxes on a rural fossicking property in Queensland, Kathy Bone's young grandchildren are on the hunt for mysterious "thunder eggs". The rocks were formed in lava gas bubbles more than ...

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TREASURED COLLECTIONS: Kids are famously apt to collect anything, from dolls to their older brother's CD collection to bits of string. But there's one object pretty much anyone under the age of ten ...

Pala, Calif. — MY friend Carolyn and I wanted to become gold-diggers. But because we couldn’t find a goldmine within driving distance, we decided to become gem-diggers instead. We headed for the Pala ...

For centuries people have had a fascination with gemstones. They've inspired myths, been used for medicinal purposes, as well as to create jewelry. After all, a kiss on the hand may be quite ...