Bruce Dice’s mineral collection is a tribute to the artist who created the exquisite pieces. “When you see the beautiful things that God has created, you want to keep them in front of you and delight ...

A Joplin native’s lifelong collection of minerals and rocks has been donated to t History & Mineral Museum, expanding the pieces that can be displayed and studied. Ava Gager Smith, a 1957 graduate of ...

MANSFIELD - Local Mansfield Memorial Museum curator Scott Schaut said it's amazing the way things come back to museums including a mineral collection with aragonite, gypsum and marble. Last Saturday, ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

You don’t have to fight the crowds at the gem show tents to see specimens of gold, azurite, pink morganite, beryl, tourmaline, fluorapatite, babingtonite, wulfenite, bornite and exceedingly rare ...

Criminal investigation into allegations of stolen rock collection closed. Based on the inquiry%2C an AG report said there was no evidence the collection was stolen. Earlier this year state lawmakers ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Mineral Museum is reopen in Butte after renovations, and a recent donation is boosting the collection by 6,800 specimens. The museum was closed for five months so flooring could ...

Are diamonds still a girl’s best friend? Not for Quincy native and 1972 Norwell High School graduate Gail Copus Spann, who prefers raw minerals dug out of the earth to cut and polished gemstones. With ...

David Dallmeyer shared his knowledge of minerals with students for 38 years as a professor of geology at the University of Georgia. And though he retired, he doesn't intend to stop his educational ...

Bruce Dice believes his mineral collection is a tribute to the artist that created the exquisite pieces: “When you see the beautiful things that God has created, you want to keep them in front of you ...

WATERLOO — Some people thank their lucky stars for finding a hobby that keeps them busy and engaged. Not Jeff Groff. This life-long rock hunter thanks the Ice Age glaciers that advanced into Iowa ...