Our friend Derek invited PaleoCris, Ashley, and myself out to a couple of cool sites he hunts for druzy quartz crystals and calcite crystals in fossil clam shells! The sites aren't terribly far apart ...

A dusty envelope misplaced in a government archive has rewritten a chapter of mineral history. That 1949 letter, discovered ...

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Crystal Coast, North Carolina, is ideal for a slow, laid-back vacation with plenty of Southern charm. Here's how to plan the perfect trip.

Utah Eats: Luna Coffee & Crystals, a new cafe in Salt Lake City's Ballpark neighborhood, is the product of the owner's "spiritual journey" as she left a corporate job to follow her dream.

China Announces Quartz Discovery Vital to Chips to Rival US Mine Quartz crystal electronic components on the production line, in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China.

Pure quartz crystals have been spotted on Mars for the first time, as well as other gems like opal. Researchers say these crystals, as well as being evidence of past hydrothermal activity, could ...

University of Delaware doctoral student Ingrid Burrington recently published a paper looking at the sourcing of high purity quartz, from which silicon is produced for the silicon transistor industry ...

What Are Piezoelectric Crystals And How Do They Work? We’ve found a lot of ways to make use of this strange property of certain crystals, but the most important effects were here long before us.