Deep within a remote private mine, a remarkable discovery recently captured the attention of all who encountered it. Miners, ...

Miners discover a one-of-a-kind amethyst crystal inside a large basalt geode in the Santa Rosa mine in Uruguay’s Artigas ...

Rock: The solid mineral material forming part ... faces we admire in quartz clusters and amethyst points. The repeating pattern is called a crystal lattice and gives the material its ...

More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure ... or by separating out of mineral-rich water ...