The Idaho Gem and Mineral Society (IFG&MS) will be holding its Annual Members Rock, Gem and Jewelry Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal has blessed a plan to create a new state gemstone, the cabochon cut gemstone derived from a special Louisiana-grown oyster -- the Crassostrea virginica mollusk. View full sizeDavid ...

THIS exquisite image captures the astonishing internal structure of crazy lace agate, also known as Mexican agate. This section of the mineral is some 65 million years old. Agate is related to quartz ...

The Loup Valley Gem and Mineral Society's rock collections aren't just about rocks, charter member Cheryl Barnholdt explains ...

WHITTIER — Clarence Pool has been an avid rock hunter for more than half a century — and it shows. Nearly every inch of his 1 1/2-acre Pico Rivera property is covered with buckets of agates, huge ...

Sisters Jessica Sander and Jen Majkrzak look for agates in a Carlton County gravel pit. Their dad was an avid agate collector whose home is filled with vases, and even a lamp, of agates. He took ...