Tower of London’s Crown Jewels: colonial diamonds overshadow reopened exhibition’s most interesting objects
Tower of London’s Crown Jewels: colonial diamonds overshadow reopened exhibition’s most interesting objects
The Tower of London’s Crown Jewel exhibition, which reopened in May, is a turning...
From the Gem & Mineral Vault
Rhodochrosite
from Peru
on view at the Harvard Mineralogical & Geological Museum (MGM), Cambridge, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston.
Photo by Gary Roskin
$25K To First Person To Find Meteorite!
Maine Museum Paying $25K To First Person To Find Meteorite!
(Above Image from the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Website)
Grab your metal detector and let's...
Let’s Get Ready: Tucson Conferences & Seminars
Let's Get Ready: Tucson Conferences & Seminars
If you have been to the Tucson gem & mineral shows, then you know that there is never...
An Inside Look at “Garden of Green: Exquisite Jewelry from the Collection of Van...
An Inside Look at “Garden of Green: Exquisite Jewelry from the Collection of Van Cleef & Arpels”
A new exhibition at the American Museum of...
100 Carats: Icons of the Gem World
BELOW are THREE features regarding this incredible exhibit. The first is from the LA County Natural History Museum. The second, just added, is from...
Museums (…still working on it …)
Still under construction ...
Here we will focus on the gem & mineral collections of some of the most important gem & mineral museums in...
Bronze Age Women’s Jewelry Set Discovered
Bronze Age Women’s Jewelry Set Discovered
Arkeonews.com
A set of Bronze Age women’s jewelry was discovered by archaeologists in Güttingen, Thurgau canton, northeastern Switzerland, in a freshly...
The Story Behind the Lion of Merelani
The Story Behind the Smithsonian’s Newest Gem: the Exquisite Lion of Merelani
The stunning tsavorite gemstone arrives at the museum with a well-documented history
Jack TamisieaApril...
Dr. Jeffrey Post
Thank You & Congratulations on your retirement!
To-Do After Post-Doc at Harvard: Get a Job
It was the Fall of 1983 … Dr. Jeffrey Post was...
German police recover 31 items stolen in 2019 Dresden jewel heist
Stolen Items Recovered from 2019 Robbery of the Dresden Green Vault
News Item from The Guardiantheguardian.com
German authorities said they have found a “considerable portion”...
Museum of Natural History’s “Garden of Green”: Now on view!
Museum of Natural History’s “Garden of Green” Exhibition: Now on view! A new exhibition of jewelry featuring green gemstones, from the collections of renowned...
