On the Cutting Edge: Contemporary Gemstone Sculpture
On display now, featuring ten lapidary artists from the Americas representing gem carving trends in the 21st Century.Georg SchmerholzJulio Martínez BarnetcheLawrence StollerLuis Alberto Quispe...
Nigerian Govt to Ban Artisanal Miners from Sale of Rough
This Day LiveKasim Sumaina in Abuja
The federal government has warned artisanal and informal miners to desist from selling raw gemstones at ridiculous prices for...
Junta Watch: Russians Arrive in Myanmar to Buy Gems
By THE IRRAWADDY, 22 October 2022
For the first time, the Myanmar military regime has invited Russian traders to a jade and gems emporium in Naypyitaw, as...
Gemfields Ruby Operations Resume After Attack – Military Called In
By Mining Review AfricaOct 24, 2022
On 20 October 2022, Gemfields updated the market regarding the Cabo Delgado insurgency and Gemfields’ decision at the time...
Small Stone, Small World
A chance encounter with the great great great great grand daughter ....
"It looks completely unbelievable," says Nicolas Zylberman, gemologist, gemological historian, and recent exhibitor...
Fura Gems Unveils ‘Estrela de FURA’
The World's Largest Gem-quality Ruby Ever Discovered
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (NewsVoir)• Extremely rare "pigeon-blood" rough ruby of an unprecedented 101 carats mined by Fura...
Russia Seizes Large Haul Of Smuggled Amber Bound For Lithuania
Russia's investigative committee in the Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea said on Friday it had seized half a tonne of amber gemstone that...
Tucson Treasure
It was my first trip to the Tucson gems and minerals shows. Like many who venture into Tucson the first week of February, it...
Mainers – The BIG Find!
The Big Find: A Legend Continuesmainemineralmuseum.org
In October 1972, near the top of Plumbago Mountain in Newry, George Hartman, Dean McCrillis, Dale Sweatt, and contract...