A diamond-embedded lapidary polishing wheel allows gem cutter Bob Hancock to carve into rough bits of quartz and transform them into sparkling gems. Even with this super-hard polishing surface — and ...

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The Tucson Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Showcase is off and running for its 62nd year, many of the 45 shows opening Saturday. "This is the premier location for the display and sale of ...

Zunair Shafiq has been writing and gaming since he was a kid and now spends most of his time combining the two. He wants to play every game, good or bad, but has a soft corner for Simulation and ...

Rubies, emeralds and tourmalines can only sparkle with the right cut. Since early this year, a fully automatic machine has undertaken this grinding process one gem cutter. It saves up to 30 percent of ...

Looking at a stone cut by world-renowned gem cutter Bernd Munsteiner is like peering into a kaleidoscope. The nooks and crannies carved into every gem and mineral are strategically and delicately ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Visitors find small diamonds at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro fairly often. More than 200 have already been claimed this year, more than 30,000 have been discovered ...