Researchers are developing a handheld instrument, much like a tricorder from the "Star Trek" television show, that will allow almost instant identification of minerals. The pocket-sized instrument ...

The demand for gemstones is increasing, and fake gemstones are becoming a prominent and difficult-to-tackle problem in the jewelry and gemstone industries. Synthetic, fake, and enhanced gemstones can ...

Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a ...

Identifying gemstones is not a trivial task. While properties such as color and transparency can help with identification, gemstones such as rubies, spinels, and garnets can be difficult to ...

It’ll be a snap to identify gemstones once Robert Downs finishes his library of spectral fingerprints for all the Earth’s minerals. Downs is almost halfway there. So far, the associate professor of ...

It'll be a snap to identify gemstones once Robert Downs finishes his library of spectral fingerprints for all the Earth's minerals. Downs is almost halfway there. So far, the associate professor of ...