So far in this series, pretty much every material we’ve covered has had to undergo a significant industrial process to transform it from its natural state to a more useful product. Whether it’s the ...

The Crystal Collector and friends find a pocket of world-class quartz crystals at Hamilton Hill Mine in Arkansas. Ends up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you know it or not, you encounter crystals in your everyday life quite regularly. Table salt, sugar and snowflakes are ...

Neolithic people sprinkled the crystals over burials. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hundreds of fragments of a rare transparent ...

Despite what wellness gurus may say, no scientific research supports the idea that crystals boost human health—apart from the placebo effect, which can be powerful. But new research reveals that a ...

The former reality TV villain and current Los Angeles mayoral candidate is really, really into big, sparkly rocks. And also: ...

If you’re feeling dreary — and it’s been a dreary time, hasn’t it? — my advice is to think about crystals. Unfathomably large crystals, if possible. Big news from the crystal beat: A 7-foot-tall, ...

While quartz has long been used in timepieces, new models by Chanel and Van Cleef & Arpels show it having a moment. By Joshua Hendren Decorative gems have adorned watches for centuries. But, beyond ...

The fossil of a bird that lived alongside the dinosaurs was found with some sort of rocks in its stomach. Previously, researchers thought that these rocks were swallowed on purpose to help clean its ...