Archaeologists spotted fragments of quartz called 'rock crystal' at the site. The fragments were spread all around but were heavily concentrated in the burial mounds. In all, 337 pieces were ...

Pure quartz, or “rock crystal” from Brazil. Source: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pick up a rock almost anywhere on Earth and chances are pretty good that there’s at least some quartz in it.

Evidence for the use of rock crystal - a rare type of perfectly transparent quartz which forms in large hexagonal gems - has occasionally been found at prehistoric sites in the British Isles, but ...

Large crystals found in geodes and other rocks are relatively rare. Pink ChalcedonyA pink chalcedony shows off its beauty. Chalcedonies include many types of cryptocrystalline quartz gems and ...

(2) The multiple medieval Christian interpretations honor the miraculous nature of God and are reinforced by the relic’s visibility within this ideologically charged rock crystal. Although the clear ...

The finest example of Rhodochrosite in the world is on display in Denver, Colorado, at the Denver Museum of Nature and ...

More than one of our readers suggested we highlight this beautifully-shot process documentary about the laborious and precise manufacturing of piezoelectric quartz crystals in the early 1940s.

Geodes, for instance, are created when mineral-rich water seeps into hollow spaces within rock formations and slowly evaporates, leaving behind dazzling crystals like quartz and amethyst.

According to a report by CCTV, journalists learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources today (10th) that the "Announcement on Newly Discovered Mineral Species" was recently released, identifying a ...