The Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains formed millions of years ago. Within both of them lies a fascinating world of ...

Scientifically speaking, the term “crystal” refers to any solid that has an ordered chemical structure. This means that its parts are arranged in a precisely ordered pattern, like bricks in a wall.

Earth's deep mantle stored enough water in rocks to equal one ocean during our planet's early molten days, helping explain ...

Minerals, crystals, and fossils are beautiful, geologically fascinating, and can aid in spiritual practices, with specimens from all over the world found at area rock shops. Whether you're really into ...

When my friend, a massage therapist, learned I was pregnant last winter, he gifted me a stunning large, clear piece of quartz he had bought during a recent crystal-foraging trip to Brazil. I welcomed ...

Southern Arizona has numerous sites known for their pyroxene minerals, from Twin Buttes south of Tucson, to Ajo, to the Chiricahua, Santa Rita and Patagonia mountain ranges. Pyroxenes are classified ...

So how many minerals do you think exist in our world, or better yet, in our earth’s crust? All rocks are made up of one or more minerals, and minerals occur within veins cutting through rocks. They ...

If you said Jim Bey has rocks in his head, he probably would take it as a compliment. Bey’s Rock Shop in Colebrookdale Township features more than 8,000 square feet of rocks, minerals, crystals, ...

My husband jokes that, as a biologist and general wildlife lover, I'm only interested in something if it has four legs and a tail. And he is pretty much right – it has to be really special to draw my ...

A.K. Miles of Salem spent summers as a little girl traveling the Pacific Northwest with her grandparents, collecting rocks and helping her great-grandfather cut and polish them in his lapidary shop.