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The Cave of Giants in Wuling, China

Mention the word, “stibnite” in any room of collectors and they’re bound to conjure up images of tall Wuling clusters.

Pederneira!

The Pederneira mine in Brazil qualifies as one of the world’s greatest tourmaline occurrences.

The King of Kashmir

This is the story of the King of Kashmir—certainly the world’s greatest aquamarine.

Crystals & the Fine Arts

How natural crystals and mineral specimens have transcended their class and joined the ranks of the finest artworks celebrated in history.

Fakes, Forgeries, & Fabrications

A guide to understanding artificial, anthropogenic, and forged minerals.

Piecing Together the Puzzle of a Heliodor Crystal’s Past

Some specimens come to us fresh from the ground, but others may have histories extending far into the past

Eyes of Africa

The story of the unmatched “Eyes of Africa,” is just the kind of saga that lives on permanently in mineralogical history.