PARIS - Ask any designer what the key to bringing to life a seemingly impossible idea is, and more often than not they'll tell you that it wasn't down to their imagination but to its combination with ...

Rare and precious items have always had a grip on the imagination of human beings. Since ancient times, beautiful, rare minerals like jade and gold have been revered, used in everything from jewelry ...

Diamonds and emeralds might dominate the limelight, but there exists a world of gemstones so rare and valuable that they are the stuff of legends. What exactly makes a gemstone rare and valuable? It's ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History acquired one of the world's rarest gemstones.Natural red diamonds are some of the rarest gems on Earth, and the Winston Red Diamond is exceptional ...

People Born in July Have 'One of the Rarest' Birthstones—Here's What It Is and the Meaning Behind the Stone originally appeared on Parade. Summer is officially here and July babies are ready to party!

Across the hills of Kenya and Tanzania, two gemstones capture the continent’s natural brilliance and enduring mystique: Tanzanite and Tsavorite. Both discovered within a few years of each other in the ...

Residents of a historic village have been left in shock after names were carved into rare medieval stepping stones. The 41 slabs cross the Ewenny River in Bridgend and are adjacent to the 12th Century ...

When it comes to gemstones, rarity often directly affects value. And few stones can rival the near-mythical status of ...

A Carthage man may have unearthed one of the rarest gemstones in the world — not in a mine, but in his own front yard. Robert Lewis Jr. says he found an unusual black rock just steps from his home ...

The lack of a grading system for the popular stone has prompted a father-son team to spend the last five years working on one. Turquoise stones from the blue and green master sets at the Turquoise ...