Harold Van Pelt is known worldwide for taking illuminating photographs of gems and minerals. However, he’s not as well known for the delicate carvings he makes out of the precious rock. It’s a hobby ...

Stunning hand-carved treasure from Cartier, made from a single piece of stone. Includes original hand-tooled red box in perfect condition. A unique find, this stunning footed bowl was handmade in ...

A historic collection of small carved animals created by Fabergé made a clean sweep at U.K. auction house Elmwood’s this week. The menagerie of early 20th-century hardstone sculptures fetched a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The 2017 reveal of a tiny but spectacular carved stone, just 1.3 inches wide, upended our understanding of Greek ...

For Chinese people, agate symbolizes longevity and is said to elevate the mood, giving people confidence. In traditional Chinese medicine it was used to treat eye ailments by placing it on the eye ...

I think I have always been enthralled with rocks, having the rock hammer my mother bought for me more than 60 years ago hanging on the "birdroom" wall of my backwater cabin. And, even though one would ...

It was intact. It held a well-preserved skeleton of a 3500-year-old Mycenaean noble. It was filled with treasure. There was one problem: many of the objects, preserved by the site’s hard-baked clay, ...