The gem show is in full swing and the selection of crystals and gems for sale is spectacular. There’s everything from common quartz to the most exquisite diamonds. While most of what is available ...

MOUNT IDA — In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around. In fact (pun alert!), the laureate is crystal-clear from billboards and ...

(CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time detected tiny quartz crystals containing silica - a common mineral on Earth - within the atmosphere of a blazing hot ...

When I thought of quartz crystal in Arkansas — if I thought of quartz crystal in Arkansas — I thought of the rock shops that used to line the highway into Hot Springs, the ones with the big blue glass ...

Clear quartz crystals are among the minerals most commonly used by those who offer natural healing therapies. With that being said, you might ask yourself, "Can quartz crystals really heal, and if so, ...

Excited screams filled the air as two of my sons jumped from the platform and plunged downward into the mine below. Within minutes, they dropped several hundred feet and had traveled over a half-mile ...

When I set out to write a story about visiting Crystal Peak, a former mine site now managed by the U.S. Forest Service just east of Truckee, California, I worried it would be a bust. Either the ...