The Rare Gemstone Company, a Nairobi-based gemstone specialist, has unveiled a new study detailing the growing U.S. demand for Tsavorite, the green gemstone outshining emerald in both clarity and long ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — It’s a “hydrated phosphate of copper,” but you may just know it as turquoise. The blue-green mineral widely regarded as a gemstone has significant deposits across the world, ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jun 26, 2025, 02:26pm EDT Jun 27, 2025, 05:34am EDT A medieval ...

Imagine this, a young gemologist frowned as she inspected a ruby. “Without documentation, this could be from anywhere,” she sighed, articulating a frustration that haunts the global gemstone market: ...

Aaron Celestian isn’t a big fan of “Ocean’s 8.” “I have a hard time watching those movies because they’re always robbing museums,” he said with a laugh, standing amid a vault filled with some of the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A rare gemstone discovered decades ago in a now-closed Colorado mine could sell for thousands of dollars in an October auction. Bidding for the chunk of ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Africa's leading authority on rare colored gemstones, The Rare Gemstone Company, unveils one of its most exceptional pieces in its five-decade history ...

An important group of jewelry and gemstone professionals were on hand in two cities to celebrate the unveiling of a new book about the rare and valuable gemstone, paraiba tourmaline. The book, ...

CARTHAGE, Texas — 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 that in 2016, he found an unusual black ...